Volcanic eruption in an MEDC - Kobe, Japan Flashcards
What is our case study for an earthquake in an MEDC?
Kobe, Japan.
What type of plate boundary is it on?
Destructive.
Name the 3 plates that meet at Japan
Eurasian.
Phillippine sea.
Pacific.
When did the earthquake occur?
January 17th, 1995.
What was the strength of the Kobe earthquake?
7.2 on the richter scale.
How many people died in Kobe earthquake?
5,500.
How many buildings were destroyed or damaged?
190,000.
What was the economic cost of the earthquake?
£80 billion.
Why did the timing of the earthquake matter?
It was in the morning so people were in bed.
Some cooking breakfast which lead to fires - secondary effect.
What did the Japanese government do?
Evacuated people to temporary shelters.
What was people given?
Clothes.
Food.
Blankets.
Fires were…
Put out.
Who searched for survivors?
Fire and emergency survivors.
Hospitals treated who?
The injured.
What did Motorola do?
Maintained phone connections free of charge.
Why were bulldozers brought in?
To clear fallen buildings.
Road connections repaired within a…
Month.
What was back in operation within a year?
Panasonic.
Roads repaired is what type of response?
Long term.
By January 1999 what happened?
134,000 houses had been constructed.
Some people still living in temporary homes.
New buildings built and were what?
Modern and ‘earthquake proof’.
Why were buildings built further apart?
To prevent the domino effect.
High rise buildings have what?
Flexible frames.
What do rubber blocks under bridges do?
Absorb shock-waves
What do Japanese people do now?
Practice an earthquake drill every year.
What date did water, electricity, gas, telephone services started fully working again?
July 1995.
When were the railways back on track?
August 1995.
A year after the earthquake what was happening?
The was working but the motorway was still closed.
What was installed in the area?
More instruments, to monitor earthquake movements.
