PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES 2.1

Question 1

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Answer 1

Nepal earthquake
-Himalayas: fold mountains created by the collision plate boundary between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.

IMPACTS:
-9 000 people died
-19 000 injured
- 3M left homeless
-7000 schools destroyed
-50% of shops destroyed
RESPONSES:
-India and China provided 7Billion in international aid
-over 7000 schools rebuilt

Question 2

Tsunami

Answer 2

Asian Tsunami
CAUSES:
-Indio Australian plate sub-ducted below the Burma plate
-30m high waves which hit countries in South Asia
IMPACTS:
-228 000 people killed
-1.7 M people displaced
-over 1500 villages destriyes
-10.7B in economic damage
RESPONSES:
-13.6B in international aid raised

Question 3

Volcano

Answer 3

Mount Ontake
CAUSES:
-composite volcano caused by the subduction of the pacific plate and the uplift of the Eurasian plate as well as the melting of the sub-ducting plate
IMPACTS:
-57 hikers died
-69 injured
-18 hectares of farmland damaged
RESPONSE:
-China and USA send emergency aid
-Airports, trains … closed