tectonics case study

Question 1

when and where was the boxing day tsunami?

Answer 1

2004, Indian ocean

Question 2

how many countries were affected by the boxing day tsunami, and how many people?

Answer 2

14 countries and 5 million people

Question 3

how tall was the boxing day tsunami?

Answer 3

30m

Question 4

what was the death toll for the boxing day tsunami?

Answer 4

280000

Question 5

by how much was the eurasian plate lifted upwards during the tohoku earthquake/tsunami?

Answer 5

9m

Question 6

How long did it take the tohoku tsunami to reach the coast?

Answer 6

10 minutes

Question 7

how tall was the tohoku tsunami? and why did it reach this height?

Answer 7

40 m as the coastal area is particularly shallow

Question 8

What was the tohoku death toll?

Answer 8

16000

Question 9

how many people where injured? (tohoku)

Answer 9

6000

Question 10

how many buildings where destroyed during tohoku?

Answer 10

40000, including 300 hospitals

Question 11

what was the total cost of the tohoku disaster?

Answer 11

$300 billion

Question 12

what was the haiti earthquake death toll?

Answer 12

316,000

Question 13

how many people were left homeless by the haiti earthquake?

Answer 13

1 million

Question 14

how much did the haiti earthquake cost?

Answer 14

$8 billion

Question 15

how many people where rescued from ruble after the haiti earthquake?

Answer 15

132

Question 16

how many people where killed by the cholera outbreak after the haiti earthquake?

Answer 16

9000

Question 17

how many people where killed by the montserrat volcano

Answer 17

19

Question 18

how many flights where cancelled because of the Eyjafallajokull volcano?

Answer 18

100k

Question 19

What was the magnitude of the boxing day tsunami (Banda Ache) ?

Answer 19

9

Question 20

When was the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami?

Answer 20

March 2011

Question 21

How many were evacuated from the Fukushima meltdown?

Answer 21

200k

Question 22

What percentage of the Tohoku deaths where for people over 60?

Answer 22

65%

Question 23

When was the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 23

January 2010

Question 24

What was the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 24

7

Question 25

How many were injured by the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 25

300k

Question 26

How much was donated to Haiti in response to the earthquake? and what is the esimated percentage of that to reach the victims?

Answer 26

$ 1 billion
2%

Question 27

After how many months had how much rubble still not been cleared?

Answer 27

6 months
98%

Question 28

What percentage of buildings collapsed in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 28

70%

Question 29

How many NGOs were operating in Haiti?

Answer 29

over 400

Question 30

When did the Montserrat volcano start and when was the first major incident?

Answer 30

1995
June 1997

Question 31

In what year did the Eyafjollajokul volcano erupt?

Answer 31

2010

Question 32

What was the magnitude of the Eyafjollajokul volcano?

Answer 32

VEI of 4

Question 33

How much did the Eyafjollajokul volcano cost international airlines?

Answer 33

£130 million a day

Question 34

When was the New Zealand, Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 34

Feb, 2011

Question 35

What was the magnitude of the Christchurch earthquake?

Answer 35

6

Question 36

How many people died in the christchurch earthquake?

Answer 36

185

Question 37

Why was the impact of the christchurch earthquake much greater than it should?

Answer 37

due to time of onset

Question 38

What was the estimated damage cost of the christchurch earthquake?

Answer 38

$40 billion

Question 39

When was the eruption of Mount Pinatubo?

Answer 39

June 1991

Question 40

How many people were killed by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo?

Answer 40

500

Question 41

Why was the impact of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo worsened?

Answer 41

Typhoon Yunya struck at the same time