Case Study Hazards

Question 1

How many people died from Montserrat eruption

Answer 1

19

Question 2

How many people died in Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 2

6300

Question 3

When was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 3

2013 the Philippines

Question 4

How many troops deployed by local and national agencies for Haiyan?

Answer 4

18,000 personnel

Question 5

When was Tohoku?

Answer 5

2011, Japan

Question 6

What magnitude earthquake was Tohoku?

Answer 6

9. Plate slipped 10m

Question 7

How many died in Tohoku?

Answer 7

18,000

Question 8

How many homeless in Tohoku?

Answer 8

500,000

Question 9

Tohoku: how many soldiers mobilised?

Answer 9

100,000

Question 10

Total damage of Tohoku?

Answer 10

$300b

Question 11

When was the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 11

December 2004

Question 12

Indian Ocean Tsunami magnitude?

Answer 12

9 to 9.3

Question 13

How many died in the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 13

300,000

Question 14

Indian Ocean Tsunami: how many aid organisations and UN agencies?

Answer 14

160+

Question 15

When was the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 15

2010

Question 16

What magnitude was the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 16

7

Question 17

How far was the Haiti earthquake from Port-au-Prince?

Answer 17

15km. Had a 13 km focus

Question 18

How many died in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 18

220,000

Question 19

How many buildings destroyed in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 19

180,000

Question 20

How many made homeless in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 20

1.8m homeless

Question 21

Economic cost of Haiti earthquake?

Answer 21

$8b. 120% of Haitian economy

Question 22

When was the Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 22

2010 then 2011

Question 23

How many deaths in 2010 Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 23

1

Question 24

How many deaths in 2011 Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 24

184 died.1500 injured

Question 25

Magnitude of 2011 Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 25

6.3

Question 26

Depth and distance of earthquake from Christchurch?

Answer 26

5km in depth. 10km from Christchurch

Question 27

What did the government establish to spearhead Christchurch reconstruction?

Answer 27

CERA. It published a land-use recovery plan

Question 28

How many killed in Haiti by Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 28

100+

Question 29

How many killed in Cuba by Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 29

11

Question 30

How many killed in US by Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 30

131 across 8 states

Question 31

How many homes/businesses damaged in New York by Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 31

570,000

Question 32

Hurricane Sandy: US Senate approved relief package of?

Answer 32

$60b

Question 33

Hurricane Sandy: how many evacuation centres opened in New York?

Answer 33

70

Question 34

How many died from Black Saturday?

Answer 34

173

Question 35

When was Black Saturday?

Answer 35

2009

Question 36

How many hectares burnt in Black Saturday?

Answer 36

450,000

Question 37

What type of volcano is Eyjafjallajolull?

Answer 37

Stratovolcano

Question 38

Hazards in Los Angeles? (7)

Answer 38

Earthquakes, landslides, smog, drought, river flooding, coastal flooding,