Hazardous Earth Flashcards
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Location of hati
Hati is on the boundary of the Caribbean and North American plates.
It is in the continent of North America.
Earthquake happened 25km west of port-au-prince (the capital)
On a conservative plate boundary.
Primary effects of hati earthquake (2010)
230,000 people died
Hospitals destroyed
Electricity supplies damaged
Prison destroyed
Secondary effects to hati earthquake (2010)
Cholera outbreak due to poor sanitation
The heat and humidity started to decay corpses left in the rubble, leading to disease.
2 three meter tsunamis
4,000 inmates escaped from prison
Key facts HATI EARTHQUAKE 2010
12 January 2010 at 4.53pm
Magnitude 7
Conservative plate
Epicentre was 25km from Haiti’s capital, port-au-prince
Why did so many people die (hati earthquake)
The buildings were not earthquake proof
Immediate response to earthquake (hati)
Healthcare supplies provided to limit disease
Thousands of bodies buried in mass graves
Long term responses to earthquake (hati)
Water and sanitation eventually supplied for 1.7million people.
$100 million in aid given by USA
$330 million by the EU
Key facts JAPAN EARTHQUAKE 2011
Friday 11th March 2011 at 2:45pm Lasted 2 and a half minutes 80miles off the coast 20ft high tsunami- 500mph 4 nuclear reactors effected by tsunami almost causing a nuclear disaster Magnitude 9 People could not evaluate Tokyo They had 20 minutes warning for the tsunami
Japan earthquake primary effects
1,700 people died or missing with many more unaccounted for.
150,000 houses lost.
Japan earthquake secondary effects
Tsunami
Three workers suffer radiation exposure near Fukushima nuclear plant.
215,000 people living in government shelter.
Radiation leaks from a damaged nuclear plants after an explosion blows off the roof, raising fears of a meltdown at the nuclear power station north of Tokyo.
Immediate response to earthquake (Japan)
Over 340,000 displaced people in the region needed catering for.
Government sent specially trained people such as self-defence forces, a domestic response.
Many countries sent search and rescue teams
Long term response to earthquake (Japan)
Motorway was repaired 6 days after.
Where did Japan earthquake happened, what part of Japan was affected
Pacific Ocean- earthquake happened
Kesennuma was hugely effected
All of Japan was effected
The sea…
Takes longer to absorb heat , but also longer to cool. In summer, air over it remains cooler and denser, forming areas of high pressure.
The land…
Has dark surfaces such as concrete and soil which absorb sunlight which is converted to heat. It heats up quickly in the summer forming areas of low pressure
Gulf Stream key facts
10,000km long
2m/s - 100,000,000m/s cubed of water to the uk
Water heats at the equator to 30 degree c
Stops at Norway, Greenland and Iceland
Species depend on it
Our climate would be 5-10 degree c colder without it
Could stop due to global warming
Why is eastern UK cooler in the winter than the west
Because there is a warm current near the west and there is a Gulf Stream on the east of the uk
Global circulation is
The theory that explains new true atmospheres it operates in a series of 3 cells each side of the equator.
Why are places near the equator much warmer than the poles?
A combination of curvature of the earth, angle of the sun in the sky and the layer of atmosphere surrounding the earth.
