Earthquake Case Studies

Question 1

Christchurch Earthquake key facts

Answer 1

Magnitude 6.3
Depth 5km
Epicenter 10km
2011
New Zealand
HIC

Question 2

Christchurch Earthquake Primary Impacts

Answer 2

185 Deaths
6000 Injured
Buildings damaged
Major infrastructure destroyed
Liquefaction

Question 3

Christchurch Earthquake Secondary Impacts

Answer 3

Businesses closed
10,000 homes destroyed
Mental health issues
Aftershocks for months
Water contaminated
Tazman chunk of glacier caved into sea - sea level rise

Question 4

Christchurch Earthquake Short Term Responses

Answer 4

Search and rescue
Medical teams - field hospitals
Emergency shelters
Food, blankets, supplies by red cross

Question 5

Christchurch Earthquake Long Term Responses

Answer 5

New iceland gov provide $898M
Canterbury Earthquake Revovery Authority (CERA) oversee long term rebuilding
Buildings strengthened
Red zoning - some places too risky to build on
Mental health services

Question 6

Turkey - Syria Earthquake key facts

Answer 6

Magnitude 7.8
Depth 17.9km
Epicenter 26km
Turkey and Syria
2023
NEE and LIC

Question 7

Turkey - Syria Earthquake Primary Impacts

Answer 7

50,000 deaths
10,000 injured
200,000 buildings destroyed
Transport infrastructure destroyed
Power, water, gas disruptions
Ancient structures damaged

Question 8

Turkey - Syria Earthquake Secondary Impacts

Answer 8

Homelessness
Diseases
Mental Health issues
economic loss
education disrupted
health service strain
Syria - delayed aid due to civil war

Question 9

Turkey - Syria Earthquake Short term responses

Answer 9

Search + rescue teams
Temporary shelters
Food Supplies
Syria aid delayed due to ongoing civil war

Question 10

Turkey - Syria Earthquake long Term Responses

Answer 10

Reconstruction
Mental health support
Permanent housing programmes
Strict building regulations
Syria long term recover remained difficult due to civil war