Tectonics case studies

Question 1

Nepal quake: Magnitude, Date, Kill count, Injured count, Homeless count, Loss of GDP, secondary impacts

Answer 1

7.8, april 2015, 8600 dead, 21000 injured, 3 mil homeless, 25% of gdp lost, landslides in Himalayas, fall in tourism (tourism based economy)

Question 2

E15 eruption: date, effects

Answer 2

2010, 11km high ash plume ,100000 flights cancelled worldwide, European economy lost $5bil

Question 3

Monserrat eruption: date, effects

Answer 3

July 1995 but continued over 5 years, 7000 moved away, unemployment rose in capital Plymouth

Question 4

Boxing day quake: year, location, tsunami ,death count, magnitude, homeless, destruction, impacts, causes

Answer 4

2004, indian ocean, 30m high tsunami, 290000 dead, mag 9.3, 1.7mil homeless, 1500 sumatran villages destroyed, ecosystem damage, no early warning system

Question 5

Haiti earthquake: Date, magnitude, death count, effects

Answer 5

Jan 2010, 7.0 mag, 316000 dead shallow 13km focus so more ground shaking, liquefaction, epicentre 24km from capital Port au Prince, the most densely populated city with lots of slums and poverty, lack of preparation, Cholera outbreak killed 9000, still recovering 5 years later

Question 6

Sichuan China quake: date, magnitude, deaths, affected, effects

Answer 6

may 2008, 7.9mag, 50000 dead, 45mil affected, landslides caused 25% of deaths, 5000 children killed as schools destroyed, damage concentrated in rural areas with low pop density, some corruption so unsafe building practices continue

Question 7

Tohoku Japan quake: date, mag, deaths tsunami, effects, preparation

Answer 7

March 2011, 9.0 mag in Pacific, 15000 dead, 10m high tsunami, Fukushima Nuclear plant damaged releasing radiation so 47000 evacuated, strict building regulations, educated population, disaster plans in place (walls, shelters, home emergency kit, early warning system)

Question 8

Why is the Philippines a multiple hazard zone?

Answer 8

On convergent boundary in typhoon belt, 47 volcanoes, typhoons, flooding, landslides

Question 9

Pakistan quake: date, mag, dead, injured, homeless, destruction, NGOs,

Answer 9

2005, 7.6 mag, 73000 dead, 130000 injured, 3.5mil homeless, roads, sanitation and communications systems destroyed, NGOs provided 500000 tents, safe water, food, clothing and medical care (Red Cross)

Question 10

Pinatubo eruption Philippines: date, deaths, destruction, economic damage , effects

Answer 10

1991, 700 dead, 200000 building destroyed, $700mil damage, farmland unusable for years due to falling ash and pumice