Tectonics EQ3

Question 1

In 1960, what was the global population?

Answer 1

Less than 3 billion

Question 2

In 2016, what was the global population?

Answer 2

7.3 billion

Question 3

In the 1990’s, what was the average economic cost of natural disasters each year?

Answer 3

US$20 billion

Question 4

Between 2000-2010, what had the average economic cost of natural disasters risen to?

Answer 4

US$100 billion

Question 5

A report in 2015 found that out of the most 10 at risk cities in the world, how many were there in the Philippines?

Answer 5

8

Question 6

In most years, how many typhoons is the Philippines affected by?

Answer 6

15

Question 7

How many volcanoes does the Philippines have?

Answer 7

47

Question 8

What % of the population in the Philippines live within 30km of a volcano?

Answer 8

30

Question 9

The Philippines consist of how many islands?

Answer 9

7107

Question 10

What was the population of the Philippines in 2015?

Answer 10

101 million

Question 11

What % of the population in the Philippines live in poverty?

Answer 11

25

Question 12

In 2013, the Philippines was struck by 3 disasters, what were they?

Answer 12

Earthquake, Typhoon Haiyan and then flooding

Question 13

Overall, the three disasters that affected the Philippines in 2013 killed how many people?

Answer 13

6488

Question 14

What was magnitude of the earthquake that struck Nepal in April 2015?

Answer 14

7.8

Question 15

The epicentre of the earthquake that struck Nepal was how many km from the capital, Kathmandu?

Answer 15

80km

Question 16

What was the death toll of the earthquake that struck Nepal in April 2015?

Answer 16

8633

Question 17

In 2016, where did Nepal rank out of 229 countries for GDP per capita?

Answer 17

197th

Question 18

How many aftershocks occurred after the initial earthquake in Nepal?

Answer 18

100

Question 19

What was the estimated economic loss as a result of the earthquake in Nepal?

Answer 19

US$5 billion

Question 20

What was the estimated amount needed for rebuilding work in Nepal asa result of the 2015 earthquake?

Answer 20

US$6.6 billion

Question 21

Land-use zoning is used around which volcano in New Zealand?

Answer 21

Mount Taranaki

Question 22

The diversion of lava flows was successful in for which volcanic eruption in 1983?

Answer 22

Mount Etna, Italy

Question 23

In Pakistan, what materials are used to make buildings able to withstand earthquakes?

Answer 23

Bales of straw and strong plastic netting

Question 24

In Nepal, why did volunteers travel to remote locations on bicycles in 2015?

Answer 24

To collect data using GPS trackers

Question 25

How many times a year do children in Japan practise earthquake drills?

Answer 25

4

Question 26

In response to the earthquake in Pakistan in 2015, NGO’s provided how many tents?

Answer 26

500000

Question 27

In 2011, what were the worldwide losses from earthquakes?

Answer 27

US$54 billion