Chile Earthquake

Question 1

what are the causes?

Answer 1

-8.8 magnitude
-3:34am
-off the coast
-lasted 90 seconds
-2.2 miles below the surface
-between Nazca and South American Place (Nazca subducts)

Question 2

what are the effects?

Answer 2

-struggled to leave buildings
-tearing up road
-tossing cars
-jobs lost
-damaged buildings
-aftershocks
-12,000 injured / tourists died
-disappearances
-no services worked
-20ft, 7m tsunami

Question 3

what were the responses?

Answer 3

-deal with injured
-running / evacuating
-no old infrastructure (not strong enough)
-need resources
-no perishable food
-vacated to higher grounds
-self evacuation

Question 4

what were the primary effects?

Answer 4

-500 killed
-12,000 injured
-56 hospitals destroyed
-53 sea ports destroyed
-airports damaged
-220,000 houses destroyed
-4,599 schools destroyed
-newer buildings less damaged
-power, water, communications cut

Question 5

what are the secondary effects?

Answer 5

-several coastal towns devastated by the tsunami
-800,000 people displaced
-damage costed $30 billion
-fire at chemical plant forced evacuations
-1,500km roads damaged by landslides
-soil liquefaction lead to ground failures

Question 6

what were the short term responses?

Answer 6

-swift, effective response by emergency services
-key roads repaired within 24 hours
-90% houses has power and water restored within 10 days
-field hospitals, satellite phones and floating bridges

Question 7

what were the long term responses?

Answer 7

-government reconstruction plan to help 200,000 households set up one month later
-full recovery within four years
-$60 million national appeal built 30,000 emergency wooden shelters
-Chile’s strong economy reduced the need for foreign aid to fund rebuilding