Turkey - Syria Earthquake Flashcards
Why did the turkey syria earthquake happen
Conservate plate boundary
Plates rub against eachother
Stress builds - rock deform
Rock fractures along a fault
Pressure release cause a 7.8 magnitude earthquake
Why were the responses from other country delayed to the Syria/Turkey earthquake
The region was politically unstable
Other countries didn’t want to endanger staff by sending them into a war zone
Why were the responses from other country delayed to the Syria/Turkey earthquake
The region was politically unstable
Other countries didn’t want to endanger staff by sending them into a war zone
Why did the syria/turkey earthquake cause a lot of damage to buildings
The buildings were already unstable from the war
What was some short term responses to the syria/turkey earthquake
Australia provided 6.5 million to support children , women/girls
80,000 red crescent staff and volunteers provided vital support
World vision - 22000 heaters, 10675 shelter kits, 120000 hygiene kits
Why was the response from turkey and syria quire delayed
The countries didn’t want to help eachother
Why was turkeys government criticised after the earthquake?
They were under reactionary, under prepared
No military forces were deployed in the immediate aftermath
Lack of trained rescue teams - public had to wait for international aid
What were some long term responses to the syria/turkey earthquake
The UK disaster committee raised 159 million and the funding will be spent on 2.2 million people until 2025
The undp provided 4.5 million in grants to small businesses- revive local economy
Mental health support services have been set up
I billion was given to the un to Turkey
397 million to syria
What is some general infomation about the syria/turkey earthquake
Happened on February 6th 2023
Epicentre only 37km away from town in Turkey
Magnitude of 7.8
What are some primary effects of the syria/turkey earthquake (6ht February 2023)
Buildings collapse - 6650
Loss of life - 50,000 killed
Injuries - 107000 in turkey however syria had more but can’t get exsft number because of ongoing conflict
Economic cost- 84.1 billion
Key infrastructure damage
What are some secondary effects of the syria / turkey earthquake
Fire- broke out because of ruptured gas lines(iskendurun port majority damaged
Homelessness- 1.5mil in turkey , 5.3 in syria
Health crisis- poor sanitary conditions jn camps , contaminated eater supply spread disease
Aftershock- many aftershock occurred for weeks eith largest being 7.5 - stress
