Hazards

Question 1

When did Tohoku Earthquake take place?

Answer 1

March 11, 2011

Question 2

What fault did the Tohoku earthquake take place on?

Answer 2

A mega-thrust fault

Question 3

What magnitude was the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 3

9.1 on the MMS

Question 4

How many centimetres per year was the two plates moving towards each other in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 4

9cm

Question 5

Why is it so significant that the plates were moving together 9cm per year in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 5

It meant they had a lot of slip

Question 6

What happened to the sea floor in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 6

It would have uplifted the seafloor above the rupture sone by several metres

Question 7

How many were evacuated from their homes in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 7

550,000

Question 8

How many died in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 8

27,000

Question 9

By how much did the Japanese stock market fall over two days in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 9

16%

Question 10

How many of Japan’s 54 reactors closed in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 10

11

Question 11

As of 2017 how many people are still living in temporary housing because of the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 11

50,000

Question 12

Did the Tohoku earthquake cause a Tsunami?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

What damage did the Tsumani caused by Tohoku do?

Answer 13

Caused a cooling system failure at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Question 14

What did the cooling system failure at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant lead too?

Answer 14

A level 7 nuclear meltdown and release of radioactive material

Question 15

How big was the Tsumani that was produced in the Tohoku earthquake?

Answer 15

It was big enough to travel across the pacific, reaching Alaska, Hawaii and Chille

Question 16

How significant was the Tohoku earthquake and Tsnami?

Answer 16

It shifted earth of its axis

Question 17

What did the jolt in Japans earthquake Tohoku cause?

Answer 17

It caused Japan’s main island of Honshu eastward by 8 feet

Question 18

When did the Nepal earthquake take place?

Answer 18

April, 2015

Question 19

How many people died during Nepal?

Answer 19

9,000

Question 20

How deadly was the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 20

“It was the deadliest earthquake in the seismically active region in 81 years”

Question 21

What was the main cause of the deaths during Nepal?

Answer 21

Collapsing buildings

Question 22

What was the significance of Nepal taking place on a Saturday?

Answer 22

There was no school, therefore many children were outside not in collapsing buildings

Question 23

What was the first action in the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 23

To bury the corpses, preventing disease

Question 24

How many foreign medical teams were there at the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 24

150 - brought mobile health clinics with basic medical services

Question 25

What did the government give out during Nepal?

Answer 25

£2k grant to everyone with a certain code to build their house with

Question 26

How many actually received the grant during Nepal?

Answer 26

12%

Question 27

How quick did it take rescue teams after the Nepal earthquake to reach remote villages?

Answer 27

Two weeks

Question 28

What did the UN quickly establish after the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 28

Nepal Earthquake 2015 Flash Appeal

Question 29

Who do you UNDP plan to support and why? (Nepal earthquake)

Answer 29

The Nepali government | Help reduce the impact of future natural disasters Increase the resilience of communities

Question 30

What happened on Lake Nyos - Cameroon?

Answer 30

1700 were gassed

Question 31

Why were 1700 gassed near Lake Nyos?

Answer 31

Fracture on the side wall allowed 1/3 cubic mile of volcanic gas to escape

Question 32

How thick was the gas that escaped Lake Nyos?

Answer 32

100m

Question 33

What was installed after the Lake Nyos disaster?

Answer 33

Degassing columns

Question 34

What is the principle behind the degassing columns?

Answer 34

Pumps out the gases from the Lake

Question 35

What is an example of urban design used to mitigate the effects of ash fall?

Answer 35

Kagoshima, Japan

Question 36

How are the Kagoshima houses constructed?

Answer 36

Gutter-free roofs (which have a storm water channel located directly beneath) Ash-resistant tiles Heavy-duty rubber windows and door seals (To aid air tightness to prevent ash entering houses) Large overhanging roods over balconies

Question 37

What is an example of an oceanic/oceanic divergent plate margin?

Answer 37

Ascension Islands

Question 38

What is an example of a continental/continental divergent plate margin?

Answer 38

Nyirogongo Volcano

Question 39

What is an example of a oceanic/oceanic convergent plate margin?

Answer 39

Japanese Island Honshu

Question 40

What is an example of a oceanic/continental convergent plate margin?

Answer 40

Nevado del Ruiz Volcano

Question 41

What is an example of a continental/continental convergent plate margin?

Answer 41

Nepal

Question 42

What is an example of a conservative plate margin?

Answer 42

San Andreas

Question 43

Where did Nyirogongo take place?

Answer 43

The democratic republic of Congo

Question 44

What is the DRC like?

Answer 44

Infrastructure is poor | 55% agriculture

Question 45

What was Nyirogongo?

Answer 45

A volcanic eruption

Question 46

What is the population go Goma (where Mt Nyirogongo took place)?

Answer 46

200,000

Question 47

What is the east of the Democratic republic of Congo like?

Answer 47

Densely populated

Question 48

Why is the east of the DRC densely populated?

Answer 48

Abundance of lakes (fishing) | Fertile soils

Question 49

How significant is the agricultural industry in the DRC?

Answer 49

It accounts for 55%

Question 50

When did Mt Nyirogongo erupt?

Answer 50

January 2002

Question 51

How big was the fissure than Mt Nyirogongo caused?

Answer 51

13km on the southern flank of the volcano

Question 52

How destructive was the 2m deep lava flows that hit Goma after Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 52

Very destructive - they destroyed 1/3 of the city

Question 53

Why was it difficult for aid organisations to access the DRC where Mt Nyirogongo took place?

Answer 53

Lava flow destroyed airports run way

Question 54

How many people were killed due to Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 54

147

Question 55

What issue did the eruption of Mt Nyirogongo cause?

Answer 55

Crime - in particular theft from abandoned buildings, and commercial properties

Question 56

Where did everyone go after the eruption of Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 56

Rwanda

Question 57

How many refugees went to Rwanda after Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 57

350,000

Question 58

What significant building was destroyed after My Nyirogongo?

Answer 58

The commercial centre containing medical centres and a hospital

Question 59

How many people were left homeless after Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 59

120,000

Question 60

What was a key factor in the low death toll during Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 60

Goma was put on red alert, allowing people to evacuate

Question 61

What did the UN provide 2 days after Mt Nyirogongo's eruption?

Answer 61

Humanitarian aid: high energy foods and substantial aid like maize Camps for the homeless

Question 62

What did the UN work on as a long term response of Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 62

Reinstating sanitation and household utensils

Question 63

How much did the UN declare the cost of providing the aid victims of Mt Nyirogongo needed was?

Answer 63

$15 million

Question 64

Why was it the aid of cookware slightly wasted in Mt Nyirogongo?

Answer 64

Because the area specialised in cookware and didn't need anyone

Question 65

What did the victims of Mt Nyirogongo really need?

Answer 65

Cash - however the UN advised against it