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
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