Tectonic hazards (tsunami Case Studies)

Question 1

What was the magnitude of the earthquake that caused the Boxing Day tsunami

Answer 1

9

Question 2

What was the economic cost of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Answer 2

~$10 billion

Question 3

How many people were affected, killed and injured as a result of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Answer 3

5 million affected (1.7 M homeless)
300,000 dead
Impact was felt as far as east coast of Kenya where a man was killed

Question 4

What was the economic impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Answer 4

Fishing, tourism and agricultural economies were majorly affected
120,000 workers in Thailand lost their jobs, tourism industries suffered a total lost of ~$25 million

Question 5

Give an example explaining the vulnerability of a country to multiple hazards zones

Answer 5

• Named example: Phillipnes
• Sits on a convergent plate boundary, has the world’s most tsunami prone ocean
• It has 47 volcanoes, 30% of the countries population is set to live 30Km within