Tectonics Case Studies

Question 1

Haiti

What was the magnitude of the quake?

Answer 1

7

Question 2

Haiti

How many dead and missing?

Answer 2

316,000

Question 3

Haiti

What was the economic cost?

Answer 3

$14 billion

Question 4

Haiti

What proportion of the city was destroyed?

Answer 4

1/3

Question 5

Haiti

What year was the quake?

Answer 5

2010

Question 6

Haiti

When did all camps have basic water, housing and sanitation?

Answer 6

April 2010

Question 7

China

When was the China earthquake?

Answer 7

2008

Question 8

China

What was the magnitude of the China Earthquake?

Answer 8

7.9

Question 9

China

How many dead or missing?

Answer 9

87,000

Question 10

China

What was the cost of the quake?

Answer 10

$125.6 billion

Question 11

China

How much did it cost to restore infrastructure?

Answer 11

$75 million

Question 12

China

How much was donated to the red cross 2 weeks after?

Answer 12

$100 million

Question 13

Japan

When was the Japan quake?

Answer 13

2011

Question 14

Japan

What was the magnitude?

Answer 14

9

Question 15

Japan

How many were dead or missing?

Answer 15

19,800

Question 16

Japan

What was the cost of the quake?

Answer 16

$240 billion

Question 17

Japan

How many members of the Japan defense force mobilised to deal with the quake?

Answer 17

100,000

Question 18

Japan

How long did it take for the motorway to be replaced?

Answer 18

6 days

Question 19

Indian Ocean

When was the Tsunami?

Answer 19

2004

Question 20

Indian Ocean

What was the magnitude of the quake that caused it?

Answer 20

9.3m

Question 21

Indian Ocean

How high were the waves on impact?

Answer 21

17m

Question 22

Indian Ocean

How many people affected?

Answer 22

5 million

Question 23

Indian Ocean

How many people dead?

Answer 23

300,000

Question 24

Eyjafjallajokull

When was the eruption?

Answer 24

2010

Question 25

Eyjafjallajokull How many passengers were stranded around the world?

Answer 25

10 million

Question 26

Eyjafjallajokull How many commercial flights were cancelled worldwide?

Answer 26

100,000

Question 27

Eyjafjallajokull How much did the European economy lose?

Answer 27

$5 billion

Question 28

How thick is Oceanic crust?

Answer 28

7-20 km

Question 29

How thick is continental crust?

Answer 29

70km

Question 30

What type of rock is the oceanic plate made from?

Answer 30

SIMA - Silica and Magnesium

Question 31

What type of rock is continental plate made from?

Answer 31

SIAL - Silica and Aluminium

Question 32

When did Wegner come up with continental drift?

Answer 32

1912

Question 33

When was Harry Hess' sea floor spread theory?

Answer 33

1962

Question 34

How many countries does the East African Rift stretch through? How ling is it?

Answer 34

8 countries 6000 km

Question 35

Name an example of a fold mountain range?

Answer 35

Himalayas

Question 36

When was the Christchurch earthquake? When was its aftershock?

Answer 36

September 2010 Feb 2011

Question 37

How many people died in the Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 37

180

Question 38

How long were schools closed for in Christchurch?

Answer 38

2 weeks

Question 39

How much international aid was provided for the Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 39

$6-7 million

Question 40

Name an example of a fault formed by a conservative plate?

Answer 40

San Andreas Fault

Question 41

How fast do P waves move?

Answer 41

8km a second

Question 42

How fast do S waves move?

Answer 42

4km/second

Question 43

How hot can lava flows be?

Answer 43

1170°c

Question 44

How hot can pyroclastic flows be?

Answer 44

700°c

Question 45

What % of a Gas eruption is water vapour?

Answer 45

80%

Question 46

How fast can Tsunami waves move?

Answer 46

500 mph

Question 47

What percentage of the world’s population above 60 live in less developed regions?

Answer 47

66%

Question 48

When ranking the threat of ageing populations, where is Myanmar compared to Japan? Why?

Answer 48

7/190 133/190 Japan have better resistant tech

Question 49

What plates are the Philippines on?

Answer 49

Eurasian and Philippine boundary

Question 50

Name a Volcano in the Philippines?

Answer 50

Mount Mayon

Question 51

What event caused drought in Phillipenes?

Answer 51

2010 El Niño

Question 52

What 2 reasons showed the unpreparedness for the Nepal 2015 quake?

Answer 52

1) Khaqtmandu’s buildings nearly all collapsed as they were not A seismic 2) Nepal lost $15bn - 25% of GDP

Question 53

Name an example of Land Use Zoning

Answer 53

The area around Mount Taranaki in New Zealand

Question 54

When was lava redirection used?

Answer 54

1983 Mount Etna in Italy

Question 55

Where was GIS mapping used?

Answer 55

Nepal 2015

Question 56

What percentage of Japans buildings are A-seismic ?

Answer 56

75%

Question 57

What mobile phones have warnings on them?

Answer 57

Android Earthquake Alert System

Question 58

Where was the first example of crisis mapping used?

Answer 58

2010 Haiti

Question 59

How many schools in Japan regularly practice earthquake drills?

Answer 59

6284