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29 Cards in this Set
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Kobe 1995 January MEDC Plate Margins |
Fault line through Kobe Eurasian under pacific plate |
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Landforms |
Liquefaction, sinking of buildings 6.9 Richter scale, East of Japan |
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Costs and damage caused |
Old buildings collapse (earthquake proof buildings remain safe) Traditional timber roofs Gas pipes, phone lines, no water $100billion damage Dockyard and port damaged |
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Human Cost |
5000 died 300,000 displaced 60% of people that died were older than 60 |
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Response |
1 year 80% of port fixed January 1999 134,000 housing units Better instruments to measure earthquakes Response limited due to infrastructure damage (AO2) |
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Local |
Centre of Kobe, traditional buildings collapsed Certain communities dealt with fires and no access to water Old communities at risk |
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Large Scale |
International aid was needed due to the extent of damage in some areas Japanese government slow to act and send out rescue teams (AO2) Dealt with it well compared to Sendai disaster during the credit crunch |
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Sendai 2011 March MEDC Plate Margins |
Destructive plate margins Pacific plate under north american plate |
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Landforms |
40m high wave initially formed 9 waves also formed at 10m high Occurred at midday safer for commuters during the morning Defenses were only 10m high Magnitude 9 |
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Costs and damaged caused |
Gas pipes ruptured 6 million homes no power 1 million homes no water Fukushima nuclear power plant and dockyard devastated $360billion total damage (4% GDP credit crunch) |
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Human cost |
16,000 deaths 23% of the population over 65 (small young population AO2) |
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Response |
100,000 Japanese soldiers called in International search and response teams Exclusion zone due to Fukushima Still in recovery from 1995 Kobe |
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Local |
Farmers lost land radiated for 20 years |
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Large Scale |
10+ years of radiation and the setting up of an exclusion zone Economy facing credit crunch, unable to recover quickly |
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Indian Ocean December 2004 LIC Plate Margins |
Destructive margin Indian plate subducts under Sunda plate |
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Landforms |
Tsunami caused huge damage on coast 10m wave 2km in land flow |
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Costs and damage caused |
Sumatra closest to the epicentre Poorly constructed wooden buildings |
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Human cost |
220,000 deaths |
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Response |
Global response Burma and Thailand also suffered fatalities Slow response due to lack of communication when seismic activity was monitores internationally |
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Local |
Coastal areas, fishing houses destroyed, main source of food removed Damaged ecosytems along the coast contaminated water |
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Large scale |
1.7million people displaced Outbreaks of disease and famine India sent naval ships UK DEC fund donated £32million Other NGO's donated £13milliom for fishing communities |
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Haiti January 2010 LIC Plate Margin |
Caribbean plate and NA plate along a conservative margin causing friction and earthquake |
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Landforms |
Epicentre closest to port-au-prince 6 magnitude |
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Costs and damages caused |
300,000 houses (weak cement, brittle steel)
80-90% of infrastructure collapsed
Government HQ was destroyed
7.8billion USD 120% of their GDP
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Human cost |
220,000 deaths 2.3million displaced |
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Response |
Bodies piled up in streets Only 10% of rubble cleared up in a year 800,000 people lived outdoors US large scale support for future disaster planning |
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Local |
80% of land lost by owners due to the lack of legal documentation, increase in exploitation of people after disaster |
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Large scale |
$7.8billion cost 120% of their GDP |
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Gorkha May 2015 LIC Plate margins |
7.8 magnitude Eurasian, Indian, Indo-Australian plate |
