Sichuan

Question 1

Where did it happen?

Answer 1

Sichuan, province south west china.

Question 2

Type of plate boundary involved

Answer 2

Destructive between the Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate.

Question 3

Name of fault line

Answer 3

Longmenshan Fault

Question 4

When did it happen?

Answer 4

May 12th 2008

Question 5

Richter scale?

Answer 5

7.9

Question 6

Epicentre

Answer 6

80km northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Question 7

Focus

Answer 7

Depth of 19km

Question 8

Primary Economic Effect

Answer 8

Rail distorted, cargo train carrying 13 carriages derailed

391 dams damaged

Question 9

Secondary Economic Effect

Answer 9

Oil prices dropped over speculation that demand from china would fall

Cost £191bn

Shifang chemical plants collapsed killing hundreds and releasing toxic ammonia

Question 10

Primary Social Effects (General)

Answer 10

69,000 killed
374,000 injured
18,200 missing
4.8 million homeless
(could be as high as 11 million)

Question 11

Primary Social Effect BONUS

Answer 11

100 schools collapsed killing 10,000 children

Question 12

Primary Environmental Effects

Answer 12

Landslides

Question 13

Secondary Social Effects

Answer 13

Communications e.g. telephones cut off

6 pandas escaped from enclosures in Wolong NNR
2inured, 1 dead

Rivers blocked by landslides forming 34 quake lakes.

Question 14

Immediate Responses

Answer 14

20 helicopters dispatched
Troops parachuted in
Thousands of army men deployed

Question 15

Long Term

Answer 15

China requested help from Japan, Russia and Korea helped.
Redcross donated food and medicine
Banks wrote off debts of survivors without insurance

Question 16

How well managed was it?

Answer 16

badly
no regular drills or evacuation spots
poorly constructed buildings
highly corrupt country–> regulations bypassed to make cheap buildings.

Question 17

Why so many schools collapsed?

Answer 17

Schools meant to be built to stricter guidelines, just shows how corrupt it is.