Tectonic Case Studies Flashcards
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Sichuaan 2008: Impacts
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- 7.9 magnitude earthquake
- 69,000 deaths
- 4.8 milliion displaced
- 1.5 million homes destroyed
- $122 billion damaged caused
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NZ Christchurch 2011: Impacts and Responses
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Impacts
- Magnitude 6.3 earthquake
- 185 people killed
- 100,000 damaged properties
- $28 billion in damages
Responses
- $6-7 million international aid
- construction of 10,000 houses
- Water and seawage restored 6 months later
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Icelandic Eruption 2010:
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- VEI 3
- 500 metre fissure
- 0 deaths
- Global impacts, 5000 Kenyan farmers laid off
- Ash prevented flights, billions of euros lost
- Country lost $1.3 million a day
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Nevado Del Ruiz 1985:
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- VEI 3
- 23,000 people died
- Mayor didn’t evacuate the people
- Economic loss of $128 million
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Turkey and Syria 2023: Impacts and vulnerabilities
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- 7.8 magnitude earthquake
- 18 million people affected
- 55,000 deaths
- $84 billion in damages
Vulnerabilities: - Syria civil war, disrupted international aid from coming in
- Buildings were not earthquake proof due to a lack of goveranance and enforcement
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Haiti 2010:
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- Magnitude 7 earthquake
- 220,000 deaths
- 1/3 of the capital was destroyed
- 1.3 million displaced
- Increased crime, lootings and sexual violence
- $8 billion in damages
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Japan 2011: Impacts
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- Magnitude 9 earthquake
- 18,000 deaths
- $235 billion in economic costs, costliest natural disaster in history
- Waves up to 40m, tsunami warnings only followed by 58%
- Wave hit 49% of those who didn’t follow the warning
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Japan 2011: Responses
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- Tsunami Warnings 3 minutes after the earthquake
- Around 100,000 of the Self Defence force dispatched
- Government declared a 20km evacuation zone around power plant
- Japanese government approved $155 billion to be spent over 10 years
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Indian Ocean 2004: Impacts
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- Magnitude 9 earthquake, caused 30m wave
- 12 countries affected, 228,000 deaths
- $7 billion
- Communities dependant on fishing lost their income
- Infrastructure damaged
Coastal ecosystems damaged, were also polluted by human + chemical waste - Tsunami warning system implemented in response
- Corruption hampered aid efforts - Sri Lanka refused Israel’s aid