Random Case Study Facts

Question 1

When did the Tokyo Earthquake occur?

Answer 1

11th March 2011

Question 2

Where did Tokyo Earthquake occur?

Answer 2

Tokyo, Oshilka Peninsula

Question 3

How long did the Tokyo Earthquake occur and what was the magnitude

Answer 3

6 mins, magnitude 9 on Richter scale

Question 4

Where was the epicenter of the Tokyo Earthquake located?

Answer 4

43 miles East of Tokyo, with a depth of 20 miles

Question 5

Which plate margins caused the Tokyo Earthquake?

Answer 5

Pacific and Eurasian destructive margins

Question 6

How many deaths were primary impacts of Tokyo Earthquake

Answer 6

15,000

Question 7

How many were injured from primary impacts on Tokyo Earthquake

Answer 7

6,000

Question 8

How many people were displaced by Tokyo Earthquake?

Answer 8

130,000

Question 9

How many people are still missing from the Tokyo Earthquake

Answer 9

2500

Question 10

How many people followed Tsunami warnings from the Tokyo Earthquake

Answer 10

58%

Question 11

How many earthquakes of up to 4.5 magnitude were recorded after initial Tokyo Earthquake of march 2011

Answer 11

800

Question 12

What was the nuclear power issue caused by the Tsunami of the Tokyo Earthquake

Answer 12

9m wave flooded the plant, damaged wiring and generator, causing 4.4m to lose electricity

Question 13

How much did the Japanese spend on coastal defenses against Tsunamis?

Answer 13

Billions of yen for 12m sea wall which was way too small to impact the initial contact effectively

Question 14

What infrastructural damage was caused by the Tokyo Earthquake?

Answer 14

transport network suffered immense damage, 330,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, along with 2000 roads, 50 bridges, 25 railways, 300 hospitals.

Question 15

What was the cost of the Tokyo Earthquake?

Answer 15

$235bn most expensive natural disaster

Question 16

How did Japan mitigate the Hazard

Answer 16

Flying nurses and doctors into area of impact, patients were flown out of area of impact

Question 17

Recovery- How much did Japan budget to rebuild

Answer 17

23trillion yen

Question 18

Preparedness and future response- how did Japan prepare after the march 2011 disaster?

Answer 18

£70m spent on seismic lazers, every year sept 1st is earthquake and tsunami drills and training.

Buildings were earthquake proofed, which including shock absorbers, shatter proof glass

Question 19

Where did hurricane katrina hit?

Answer 19

South Eastern USA (louisiana and mississippi)

Question 20

Where did hurricane katrina form?

Answer 20

Over the bahamas, and gulf of mexico

Question 21

When was hurricane katrina formed? And when did it strike the USA?

Answer 21

23rd of August and the 29th of August 2005

Question 22

What catagory Hurricane was Katrina on initial impact?

Answer 22

3

Question 23

What wind speeds and precipitation did hurricane katrina bring? And storm surge size

Answer 23

200km/h of wind, 250 mm of rainfall across louisiana, and an 8.5m storm surge in mississippi

Question 24

How many people were killed by Katrina

Answer 24

1836

Question 25

How many homes were destroyed and damaged by katrina

Answer 25

300,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds of thousands were homeless and 3 million people with no power

Question 26

What was an environmental primary impact of Katrina ?

Answer 26

Sewage and contamination destroyed crop land and caused illness and death in 5 people

Question 27

What impact did katrina have on education

Answer 27

18 schools destroyed, 74 damaged

Question 28

How many jobs were affected by katrina?

Answer 28

230,000 jobs were lost

Question 29

What happened to the oil industry in the gulf of mexico because of Katrina?

Answer 29

30 oil platforms were disrupted or damaged

Question 30

What impact did katrina have on forests?

Answer 30

5300km2 of forests were destroyed in mississippi, $5bn loss in income in logging industry

Question 31

What habitat loss did katrina cause?

Answer 31

Destroyed turtle breeding beaches, coastal conservation areas were destroyed

Question 32

What environmental impact did katrina have because of flooding?

Answer 32

Salt marsh habitats and wildlife died, oil refineries in Louisiana were damaged causing oil spills

Question 33

Did Louisiana and Mississippi have any preperation techniques in 2005?

Answer 33

Yes, the NHC (national hurricane center) issued a hurricane warning (also to Alabama)

Question 34

What impact did emergency management agency have on Hurricane Katrina prep?

Answer 34

Set up mortuary teams to cope with deaths, and US coast guards to prepare areas before hand

Question 35

Recovery from katrina?

Answer 35

New orleans public housing rebuilding program to assist in the damaged and destroyed homes, and homeless,

Question 36

New Orleans response and future prep against storms?

Answer 36

More resistant higher levees, emergency pumps and canal closures

Question 37

Where did Cyclone nargis form, and where did it strike?

Answer 37

Formed in bay of bengal, hit the south coast of myanmar (6th poorest country by gdp per capita in asia)

Question 38

When nargis strike?

Answer 38

2nd of May 2008

Question 39

How strong was Nargis on initial impact? Speed of winds? Storm surge height?

Answer 39

Cat 4, wind speeds up to 215km/h and 7m storm surge

Question 40

What area of Myanmar was hit the hardest? How much was flooded?

Answer 40

The irrawaddy delta was hit hardest as it is only slightly above sea level, 14,000km2 were flooded

Question 41

How many people were killed by nargis?

Answer 41

130,000 at least, 80,000 from irrawaddy delta. Around 20,000 were killed via direct impacts of the storm

Question 42

How many homes were destroyed, and how many were left homeless

Answer 42

450,000 homes destroyed, 2.5 people displaced

Question 43

What infrastructural damage did nargis cause?

Answer 43

4000 schools were destroyed as well as 75% of health facilities being damaged in myanmar

Question 44

What ecological and social impact did flooding have on myanmar

Answer 44

Excessive flooding caused throughflow and surface run off into 43% of freshwater sources, 70% of the population had no clean water

Question 45

What health impacts did nargis bring

Answer 45

Diseases such as dysentery, Typhoid and diarrhoea

Question 46

What economic impact did nargis have on agriculture?

Answer 46

6000km2 of agri land was damaged, and the salt water and contamination killed animals and crops. 40% of food stores were destroyed

Question 47

What was the total cost of the myanmar disaster

Answer 47

4bn dollars

Question 48

What environmental impacts did nargis have on the coast

Answer 48

Salinisation and flooding of the land caused mangroves to die, and the 7m storm surge caused increased erosion

Question 49

Why was myanmars response so delayed?

Answer 49

Myanmar doesnt have a dedicated monitoring centre for cyclones, so indian weather agencys attempted to predict the storm, 48hrs before it actually hit. They also didn’t specify the category of the storm

Question 50

Who was ruling myanmar at the time?

Answer 50

Military powers, who wouldnt let NGOs or foreign aid mitigate or respond to the human impacts, increasing deaths.

Question 51

What emergency prep plans did myanmar have in place?

Answer 51

Nothin