Case Studies

Question 1

How far away was the epicentre? (Christchurch⛪️)

Answer 1

10km

Question 2

How long did the shaking happen? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 2

12 seconds (That’s pretty long)

Question 3

How deep was the earthquake focus? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 3

5km

Question 4

What was the magnitude? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 4

6.3 Richter Scale

Question 5

When did it happen? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 5

2011 (22nd Feb 🤭)

Question 6

Where was it? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 6

New Zealand 🇳🇿
South Island ⬇️

Question 7

Primary Effects (✝️⛪️)

Answer 7

-185 deaths
-6659 injured ✊✊✊
-10,000 homes damaged
-3500 demolished
-Water supply disrupted 💦💦💦
-Roads were disrupted
-Liquifaction 🕳️💦

Question 8

Secondary effects (✝️⛪️)

Answer 8

-Schools shut
-Many Businesses closed
-5 Rugby World Cup Matches cancelled ❌🏆❌
-10,000 left homeless ❌🛐❌

Question 9

Responses (✝️⛪️)

Answer 9

-$6-7 million from international aid
-aid from charities
-Farmy Army 🚜🚜🚜
-300 Aussie Police flown in 🚁🚁🚁

Question 10

When did it happen? (😡E)

Answer 10

2010 (Jan)

Question 11

Where is earthquake? (😡E)

Answer 11

Caribbean Island

Question 12

Why did it happen? (✝️⛪️)

Answer 12

Conservative Plates: ☕️☕️☕️
-Australian Plate vs Pacific Plate

Question 13

Why is it happen? (😡E)

Answer 13

Conservative: ☕️☕️☕️
-North Murica Plate vs Caribbean Platé 🍽️

Question 14

What Magnitude? (😡E)

Answer 14

7 Richter Scale ⚖️

Question 15

Primary Effects (😡E)

Answer 15

-316,000 died 💀💀💀
-300,000 injured
-250,000 homes destroyed
-30,000 other building went down ⬇️
-Main Prison destroyed
-50 hospitals destroyed 💥💥💥
-2 million left without food and water 💀

Question 16

Secondary effects (😡E)

Answer 16

-1.5 million left homeless
-Diseases spread (e.g. cholera) 🦠🦠🦠
-Dead Bodies decomposed as couldn’t be disposed of
-1 in 5 people lost jobs
-Injured could not be treated (L+Ratio)

Question 17

Responses (😡E)

Answer 17

-Murica sent rescue teams + 10,000 soldiers
-Digging in rubble w/ bare hands
-115,000 tarpaulin tents provides ⛺️⛺️⛺️