Restless Earth - Indian Ocean Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Indian Ocean the case study for?
A
LEDC tsunami
2
Q
When was the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
26th December 2004
3
Q
What plates were involved in the Indian Ocean tsunami and what type of plate boundary is it?
A
Destructive: Indo-Australian plate subducted below Eurasian plate
4
Q
What magnitude was the earthquake of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
9.0 on the Richter Scale
5
Q
How tall were the tallest waves of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
Over 20 metres
6
Q
What were the primary effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
- Over 220,000 people died
- Tens of thousands villages swept away
- 2 million people displaced
- Bridges and railway lines destroyed
7
Q
What were the secondary effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
- Disease
- Damage to fishing/farming economies because boats/crops destroyed
- Food shortages because of above
8
Q
What were the short-term responses of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
- People fled to high land
- International aid (blankets, water, food, medicine)
- £450 million pledged within 1 week
- Troops used bulldozers to build mass graves
- People grieved
9
Q
What were the long-term responses of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
A
- Rebuilding of homes and infrastructure
- Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC) spent £40 million on rebuilding Sri Lanka and Indonesia
- Warning systems have been put in place in the Indian Ocean (2006)
