Tectonic case studies

Question 1

Haiti - magnitiude

Answer 1

7

Question 2

Haiti - date

Answer 2

12th Jan 2010

Question 3

Haiti - primary impacts

Answer 3

• 70% of builings in Port-au-Prince collasped
• roads blocked
• 60% of infrastructure destroyed
• 230,000 deaths

Question 4

Haiti - primary deaths

Answer 4

230,000

Question 5

Haiti - secondary impacts

Answer 5

• 1.5 mill homeless
• hospitals + morgues full of bodies -> spread of disease
• 1 in 5 jobless
• airport was damaged -> hard for aid to get in
• cholera epidemic

Question 6

Haiti - cholera epidemic deaths

Answer 6

6,900

Question 7

Haiti - short term responses

Answer 7

• $100 mill in aid from US
• 4.3 mil provided with food rations
• was a lack of immediate aid due to poor planning
• 810,000 in aid camps

Question 8

Haiti - long term responses

Answer 8

20% of jobs disappered
new homes built to higher standard -> this was v slow
temporary school

Question 9

Haiti - why was it vulnerable

Answer 9

1/2 population below poverty line
lack of building regulations
poor building quality

Question 10

China (Sichuan) -magnitude

Answer 10

7.9

Question 11

China (Sichuan) - date

Answer 11

12th may 2008

Question 12

China (Sichuan) - primary impacts

Answer 12

• 5,300km of roads damaged
• 5.6 million buildings collasped
• $80 billion in damages

Question 13

China (Sichuan) - primary deaths

Answer 13

87,000

Question 14

China (Sichuan) - secondary impacts

Answer 14

• 4.8 million homeless
• many struggled to access hospitals
• landslides

Question 15

China (Sichuan) - short term responses

Answer 15

• 130,000 soliders deployed to affected areas
• over £100 mill from red cross
• medical services restored
• temporary homes built

Question 16

China (Sichuan) - long term response

Answer 16

banks wrote off debts
$10 million from gov to rebuild

Question 17

Christchurch - magnitude

Answer 17

6.3

Question 18

Christchurch - date

Answer 18

22 feb 2011

Question 19

Christchurch - primary effects

Answer 19

100,000 homes damaged
water + sewage pipes burst
185 died
$28 mil in damage

Question 20

Christchurch - deaths

Answer 20

185

Question 21

Christchurch - secondary impacts

Answer 21

2,200 in temporary housing
schools closed for 2 weeks
1/3 of population migrated from the city

Question 22

Christchurch - short term responses

Answer 22

$6-7 mil in aid
rescue crews set to affected areas
red cross sent out aid workers

Question 23

Christchurch - long term resonses

Answer 23

christchurch divided into 4 zones indicating damage and need to rebuild
changes to housing regulations
water + sewage restored
80% roads repaired

Question 24

Japanese tsunami - magnitude

Answer 24

9

Question 25

Japanese tsunami -date

Answer 25

11 march 2011

Question 26

Japanese tsunami - wave height

Answer 26

9m

Question 27

Japanese tsunami - primary impacts

Answer 27

16,000 deaths 47,000 buildings damaged $181 mil of damage

Question 28

Japanese tsunami -secondary impacts

Answer 28

7 reactors at Fukishima experienced a meltdown -> radiation levels skyrockted rural areas were isolated liquefaction in Tokyo

Question 29

Japanese tsunami - immediate responses

Answer 29

- tsunami warning was put out - search + resuce teams deployed - 20km evaulation zone around power plant

Question 30

Japanese tsunami - long term responses

Answer 30

- reconstruction to water + energy supplies - coastal protection scheme in place for future tsunamis

Question 31

Indian ocean tsunami - magnitude

Answer 31

9.2

Question 32

Indian ocean tsunami - date

Answer 32

boxing day

Question 33

Indian ocean tsunami - primary impacts

Answer 33

1.7 mil displaced 18,000 homes destroyed affected 13 countries

Question 34

Indian ocean tsunami - deaths

Answer 34

220,000

Question 35

Indian ocean tsunami - secondary impacts

Answer 35

- $15 mil in economic losses - drinking water contaiminated - tourist + fishing industries disrupted

Question 36

Indian ocean tsunami - immediate responses

Answer 36

- fresh water, food + shelter provided - £75 mil given by government - medical teams sent from abroad

Question 37

Indian ocean tsunami - long term responses

Answer 37

- indian ocean tsunami warning system set up in 2006 - local authorities delivering education on tsunamis

Question 38

Iceland volcano - VEI

Answer 38

2

Question 39

Iceland volcano - date

Answer 39

march-may 2010

Question 40

Iceland volcano -primary impacts

Answer 40

30,000 tonnes of co2 released each day 700 people evacuated due to flooding glacier ash spread 10km

Question 41

Iceland volcano - secondary impacts

Answer 41

no fly zone over Europe schools closed europe lost $2.6 mil in GDP flouride deposits contaiminated water supplies

Question 42

Iceland volcano - short term responses

Answer 42

- 700 local evacuated - red cross provided food + services

Question 43

Iceland volcano - long term responses

Answer 43

increased mointoring of volacno reconstruction of flood defences 24 hour for info created

Question 44

Montserrat volcano - VEI

Answer 44

5

Question 45

Montserrat volcano - date

Answer 45

18 July 1995

Question 46

Montserrat volcano - primary impacts

Answer 46

20 people died most buildings in Plymouth (capital) destroyed 50% of water supplies contaiminated

Question 47

Montserrat volcano - secondary impacts

Answer 47

vegetation + farmland destroyed 70% of population left island high unemployment

Question 48

Montserrat volcano - Immediate resonses

Answer 48

large scale evacuation by Royal Navy compensation + redevelopment money sent from UK people evacuated from south to north of island

Question 49

Montserrat volcano - long term responses

Answer 49

volcanic observatory set up to moiontor + predict new roads + airport new hospital set up services in north of island have expanded volcanic presence bring in tourism

Question 50

Hazards in the phillipines

Answer 50

volcanoes + earthquakes (47 volcanoes) typhoons - lies on South-east asia typhoon belt steep topography + deforestation make landslides common tsunamis

Question 51

why is the phillipines vulnerable

Answer 51

a combination of a rising population, urbanisation + poverty increases vulnerability - rapid development has lead tp high density in urban areas -most of the countries poor live in coatsal regions most at risk from storm surges

Question 52

what is a multi hazard zone

Answer 52

An area where 2 or more hazrads can occur these places are often: - geoglocially young with unstable mountains - tectonically active - on major strom track