Case Study For Earthquakes

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What is the case study for Earthquakes?

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New Zealand - MEDC
Haiti - LEDC

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When did they happen?

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NZ: 22nd February 2011 middle of the day
H: 12th January 2010 about 5pm

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NZ: What was the plate boundary like?

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destructive and conservative between the Australian and Pacific plates

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H: What was the plate boundary like?

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conservative plate boundary between North American Plate and Caribbean Plate

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NZ: Where was the epicentre/focus located?

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8km from 2nd largest city called Christchurch
Shallow focus (5km)

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H: Where was the epicentre/focus located?

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16km from Port au Prince - most populated city in H
Shallow focus (13km)

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NZ: What was the magnitude?

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6.3 on the Richter scale

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H: What was the magnitude?

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7.0 on the Richter Scale

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NZ: what happened in 2010?

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An earthquake hit on the scale of 7.1, so the 2011 earthquake was an aftershock but more severe owing liquefaction, hitting at middle of day and epicentre closer to earthquake.

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H: is the ______ country in the southern hemisphere

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poorest

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NZ: What caused the damage to be limited?

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strict building codes

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H: What caused more damage?

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lacks strict building codes

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NZ: What was the economic cost?

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$11 billion roughly?

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H: What was the economic cost?

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$14 billion roughly?

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NZ: What did the 2010 earthquake do to the infrastructure?

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is weakened it, so damage was wider spread.

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NZ: How many died?

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181

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H: How many died?

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316,000 (approx.)

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NZ: How many injured?

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2,000 (approx.)

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H: How many injured?

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300,000 (approx.)

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NZ: How many houses needed rebuilding?

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10,000

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H: How many houses were damaged/destroyed?

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188,400 (approx.)

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NZ: Why did they demolish many buildings even when they didn't collapse?

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They were deemed unsafe

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H: how many were made homeless?

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roughly 1 million

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NZ: What process cause 400,000 tonnes of silt?

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liquefaction

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NZ: What did liquefaction cause?

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the land damaged by it can no longer be built on

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H: how were jobs impacted?

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1 in five lost their jobs and many clothing factories (main industry) suffered

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NZ: Other damage?

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roads, bridges, vehicles crushed by debris

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H: other damage?

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little clean water
diseases spread
port and roads completely damaged
sea level rose as seas bed changed

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NZ: Name 4 short term responses

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-rescued most vulnerable people and police and search teams came from surrounding countries
- portable/temporary toilets were provided for 300,00
- international aid - aid workers and $6 million-ish
-help provided to 1000 homeless food, water etc.
- emergency response plan in place within 2 hours

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H: Name 4 short term responses

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-Dominican Republic (neighbour) supplied aid
- basic foods distributed by aid teams
-bottled water and purification tablets distributed
-healthcare supplies to limit disease spread

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Compare hospital use:

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NZ: all hospitals survived earthquake
H: 43/59 were usable but hygiene standards weren't always met

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NZ: name 4 long-term responses

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- electricity restored to most homes within 2 weeks
- 70% of houses had water supplies within a week
- worked to restore telephone lines
- temporary housing given to the homeless

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H: name 4 long-term responses

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- about 600 makeshift shelters for the homeless and some used blue tarpaulin
- 6,700 died from cholera outbreak
- by July 2010 only 2% of the rubble cleared
- many migrated to north and south of Haiti or Senegal

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H: what slowed down help response?

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communication links were damaged

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What is the main difference between NZ and H?

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NZ could help its self but H had to have worldwide support and aid

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Haiti's primary impacts

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316,000 died
1 million homeless
300,000 injured
188,400 houses damaged at least
30,000 other buildings at least damaged
4,000 prison inmates escaped when prison destroyed
3 million effected
roads and communication links damaged
60% of government buildings destroyed

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New Zealand's primary impacts

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181 died
2,000 injured
10,000 homes at least damaged
liquefaction damaged roads and buildings (400,000 tonnes of silt)
water/sewage pipes damaged (100's km)
roads, bridges, vehicles crushed by debris
80% with no electricity

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Haiti secondary impacts

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1 in five lost jobs (clothing industry)
bodies piled up on streets
disease spread - 6,700 died from cholera
poor sanitation and health
people homeless or in shanty towns

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New Zealand secondary impacts

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business put out of action for a long time
schools shared class rooms
metal issues - need support

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Haiti short term responses

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$430 million from USA and EU put together
810,000 in aid camsp
600 make shift shelters and tarpaulin used
health care supplies
people rescued eachother

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New Zealand's short term responses

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cared for majority of vulnerable people
30,000 temporary toilets
zoned areas classify damage
international aid workers
international gave $6 millionish
1,000 homeless receive aid
2 hours in the emergency plan is in place

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Haiti's long term responses

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2% of rubble cleared by july
1 million still homeless
cash or food-for-work schemes offered to some unemployed people
temporary schools
migrated north or to senegal

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New Zealand's long term responses

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electricity in homes in 2 weeks
1 week and 70% of homes had water
restored phone lines
temporary housing for homeless
silt cleared by august