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1
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what amount of government officials were killed in Haiti

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1/4

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what was the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti

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7.0

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3
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what focus did the Haiti earthquake have

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13km, which increased ground shaking

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4
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what prevented crucial aid supplies coming in for Haiti

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only airport, several ports and few ports were damaged

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when was there an outbreak of cholera in Haiti and how many deaths and how many affected

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October 2010, by 2015 over 9,000 dead and 720,000 affected

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how many Haitians were still living in temporary housing or camps by 2015

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80,000

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what meant that the earthquake caused a large amount of damage in Haiti

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Haiti is a developing country with poorly built slum housing, dense urban areas, people living in poverty, so didn’t have the education to know what to do or how to cope, limited resources they did have were already being spent on disease

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what magnitude did the China earthquake have

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7.9

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9
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what did the China earthquake trigger

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landslides that led to a quarter of all related deaths

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when was the Haiti earthquake

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January 2010

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when was the China earthquake

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May 2008

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despite high levels of development in China what meant that the earthquake still had a large impact

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high levels of corruption in the government meant that there were many poorly built buildings that crushed and killed thousands of people

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13
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how many school children were killed from schools collapsing in china

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5,335

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what was a positive if the Haiti earthquake

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meant that the government became better at coping with natural threats, told people to get to high ground during hurricane sandy

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what percent of planned reconstructions had been started two years after the earthquake in china

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99% of 29,704

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what percent of destroyed farmhouses had been rebuilt after two years in china

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99% of the 196,000

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how many soldiers and relief workers were sent in China after the earthquake

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130,000

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18
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what in china meant that disease did not spread that Haiti failed to do

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medical services quickly restored

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how much money did the Chinese government pledge for rebuilding works and what did Chinese banks do

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US$10 billion, banks wrote of debts of any survivors who did not have insurance

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when was the Japanese earthquake

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March 2011

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what was the magnitude of the Japanese earthquake

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9.0

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how high were the waves of the Japan earthquake and how far inland did they go

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10 metres high and surged 10km inland

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what nuclear power plant was damaged in Japan and how many people had to be evacuated

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the Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear power plant, 47,000 people

24
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how many countries helped Japan

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20

25
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how much did the Japanese government offer to its banks

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US$183 billion

26
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how many defence troops had been mobilised within 24 hours in Japan

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110,000

27
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how many buildings constructed with earthquakes in mind in Japan

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75%

28
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what were homes and offices in Japan given

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earthquake emergency kits

29
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what did areas vulnerable to tsunamis have in Japan

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ten metre high sea walls

30
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where did the Japan earthquake strike

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100km East of Sendai on the Eastern coast of the Japanese island of Honshu

31
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how many people evacuated from the Iceland 2010 eruption

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700

32
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how many commercial flights cancelled from the Iceland 2010 Eruption

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100,000

32
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how many people died from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

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almost 300,000, in some areas 70% village killed

33
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how many villages in Sumatra were destroyed by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

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1500

33
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what did a 2015 report find out about the cities in the Philippines

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8/10 most at risk cities

33
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how many typhoons a year is the Philippines affected by

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15 and struck by 6-9

34
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what percent of people in the Philippines are in poverty

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25%

35
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how many disasters struck the Philippines in 2013 and what were they

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3 in 3 months, October earthquake (killed 223), Typhoon Haiyan November (killed 6,201) and floods from tropical depressions in January (killed 64)

36
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when was the Icelandic eruption and how many people had to evacuate due to flood

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20th March 2010, 700 people

37
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how many active volcanoes are there and how many erupt each year

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500 active, 50 erupt a year

38
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what percent of the world’s population is likely to experience an earthquake

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5%

39
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what is the chance of there being a large magnitude earthquake in San Francisco in the next thirty years

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67%

40
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what is an example of volcano land use zoning

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New Zealand Mount Taranaki

41
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when were the Christchurch earthquakes

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between Sep 2010 and Dec 2011

42
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hat magnitude was the main shock in the Christchurch earthquakes

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7.0

43
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how many people were injured and killed in the Christchurch earthquakes

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185 killed, 3129 injured

44
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what was the economic cost of the Christchurch earthquakes and how many properties were damaged

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100,000 properties damaged and $28 billion total damage

45
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when was the Indian Ocean Tsunami and earthquake

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2004

46
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what was the magnitude of the Indian Ocean earthquake in Sumatra

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9.0-9.3

47
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how many people were made homeless in the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake

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1.7 million

48
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what was the overall economic cost of the Indian ocean tsunami and earthquake

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$10 billion

49
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what were the environmental impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake

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ecosystems such as mangroves and coral reefs were damaged, most vegetation and topsoil moved 800m inland, freshwater supplies and agricultural soil contaminated by salt water

50
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how much aid was given to Haiti by the UK

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£20 million

51
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hat is the overall economic damage of the Haiti 2010 earthquake

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$14 billion

52
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how big is the exclusion zone around Fukushimama after the 2011 earthqauke

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20km

53
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what was the overall economic damage of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami

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$225 billion

54
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How many people died from the China earthquake

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69,000

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