Tectonics - Case Studies

Question 1

Haiti - Earthquake

Answer 1

2010
size = 7m - shallow
deaths = 220,000
cost = $7-14 bn
impacts = airport damaged (no aid)
Port-Au-Prince density populated
high corruption
liquefaction

Question 2

Sichuan - Earthquake

Answer 2

2008
size = 7.9m - mountainous
deaths = 69,000
cost = $130 bn
impacts = landslides
gov ignored building regs
gov moved people (Yong Chang)
wealthy + not densly populated
97% reconstruction projects started

Question 3

Tohoku - Tsunami

Answer 3

2011
size = 9m - Pacific Ocean
deaths = 15,000
cost = $360 bn
impacts = electricity price rose 20%
nuclear power plant destroyed
well prepared + low corruption
global trade impacts

Question 4

Indian Ocean - Tsunami

Answer 4

2004
size = 9-9.3m - epicentre close communities
deaths = 330,000
costs = $10 bn
impacts = LIC (no warning)
decreased tourism Thailand ($25 mil month)

Question 5

Eyjafjallajökull - volcanic eruption

Answer 5

2010
size = 3 VEI
deaths = 0
cost = EU economy lost $5 bn
impacts = halted trade (Kenya) perishable goods
stop production (Asia cars)
flights cancelled Europe ($1.7 bn cost worldwide)
10 mil people stranded worldwide