option D LO3 case studies

Question 1

high deaths vs low deaths earthquakes (bc location)

Answer 1

HIGH 50k dead
turkey-syria earthquake 2023 (7.8)

LOW 2 dead
peru 2019 (8) – amazon rainforest, epicenter pacaya samiria national reserve

Question 2

turkey syria earthquake year and magnitude

Answer 2

2023, mag 7.8 (followed by 7.5)

Question 3

peru earthquake year and magnitude

Answer 3

2019
8

Question 4

plate boundaries turkey syria earthquakes

Answer 4

arabian, eurasian, african

Question 5

plate boundaries 2019 peru

Answer 5

nazca and south american

Question 6

palte boundaries italy earthquake

Answer 6

eurasian and african

Question 7

nepal earthquake 2015 plates

Answer 7

indian and eurasian

Question 8

ejyafjallajokull plates

Answer 8

NA, Eu

Question 9

2014 mt sinabung indonesia plates

Answer 9

australian and eurasian

Question 10

each jump on the richter scale is __ x

Answer 10

10x

Question 11

year of repairs for soil creep in trinidad and tobago + price

Answer 11

2012
61 million

Question 12

year for mudflow in sierra leone + deaths

Answer 12

2017
500 ish

Question 13

main ish damges of the mt sinabung eruption 2014

Answer 13

lahars – agri land, roads, settlemts
+ pollution SO2
= 1 trillion IDR crop damages

Question 14

how did iceland avert vulnerabilites

Answer 14

• sparse population (low exposure)
• risk assessments + prior actions
• all evacuated (via phone alerts, volunteer sweeps)

Question 15

nepal earthquake 2015 deaths and buildngs and economic loss

Answer 15

9k

600k – 3.1 mil homeless

-35% GDP

Question 16

what did they italian govt help ppl with aft 2009 l’aquila quake

Answer 16

• 3 years tax waived
• suspension of bills and mortages
  int aid – 700mil from EU, Brit red cross

Question 17

deaths and buildings italy l’aquila quake 2009

Answer 17

around 300

3k-11k

Question 18

deaths and buildings peru 2019

Answer 18

2

800ish

Question 19

govt mitigation strategies peru 2019 earthquake

Answer 19

budget for disaster risk and response: 19M–>400M

retrofitted 5 hospitals for seismic risks

Question 20

buildings collapsed in the turkey earthquake and WHY so many holy shitt

Answer 20

850k ?????? GIRL
- poor construction practices + land reclaimation
- substandard buildings bc poor inspections

Question 21

deaths turkey earthquake 2023

Answer 21

50k
- must be the landslides

Question 22

earthquake caused by construction of large dam example

Answer 22

7.9 mag sichuan earthquake 2008
- killed est 80k ppl
- linked to construction of Zipingpu dam

Question 23

earthquake early warning system

Answer 23

• Japan Meteorological Agency provides Earthquake Early Warnings
• Public broadcasting programs – public awareness and education
• Limitations: time between early warnings to strong tremors only a few seconds
• Minimise damage by stopping trains, construction and elevators, people can get to safety
• Early warnings on tv, announcements in schools and workplaces, moblie phones (public and private systems)

Question 24

volcano prediction example

Answer 24

Mt Taal in the Phillipines – said to have imminent volcanic tsunami, 30k ppl evacuated BUT has not happened since announed on Jan 14
Possible effects: reduced tourism

Question 25

construction of seawalls example

Answer 25

Redirects wave energy back to the sea
Japan built following 2011 tohoku quake
New seawalls 15m high
Limitations: Unsightly, blocks the view – maybe affects tourism and QOL