Tectonics Case Studies

Question 1

Iceland eruption

Answer 1

• 1000 flights cancelled in one day at heathrow due to ash plune blown 10km into the atmosphere
• Europe lost $2.6 billion in GDP
• 2.8 million tonnes less of CO2 emmitted
• Local population was evacuated

Question 2

Pinatubo eruption

Answer 2

• Phillipines - Developing Country
• 850 dead
• $700 million in costs
• triggered a 7.7 magnitude earthquake
• Over 60,000 people evacuated due to prediction

Question 3

Japan tsunami

Answer 3

• 9.0 magnitude Earthquake caused Tsunami
• 16,000 deaths
• 300 hospitals damaged
• 450,000 people were living in evacuation facilities within days
• $360 billion in costs

Question 4

Sichuan, China earthquake

Answer 4

• 7.9 magnitude earthquake
• 45 million people affected
• 70,000 dead
• Buidling codes ingored by local corrupt governments
• $10 billion for rebuilding works

Question 5

Haiti earthquake

Answer 5

-7.0 magnitude
- 220,000 died
- $13 billion in aid donated, however corrupt government meant aid wasnt able to be distributed to community
- Transport sector was damaged so aid was prevented from arriving quickly
- Cholera outbreak led to 9000 more deaths

Question 6

Phillipines

Answer 6

• Multiple hazard zone
• at threat from typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
• 25,000 have died in the last 20 years
• $20 billion in damage