mock (case studies)

• when was the Haiti earthquake, what is the development of the country and what was its magnitude

  12th January 2010, developing country, magnitude of 7Mw
• What caused the Haitian 2010 earthquake?

  a contraction along a fault near a conservative plate boundary between the North America plate and the Caribbean plate
• list some primary impacts of the Haiti earthquake

  - 316,000 deaths

  - 300,000 injured

  - 1 prison collapsed and 4000 inmates escaped

  - 180,000 homes destroyed - forced into camps with limited water and sanitation

  - all 8 hospitals collapsed or damaged

  - 5000 schools damaged or destroyed

  - 3 unis collapsed
• list some secondary impacts of the Haiti earthquake

  - aftershocks between 5.5-6 in the following days

  - 1.5 million made homeless

  - cholera spread through camps

  - factories closed and tourism stopped - economic loss

  - looting and crime increased as government and police force collapsed

  - airport control tower collapsed so no flights

  - 19 million m³ of rubble and debris created

  - electric, water, sanitation and communications were disrupted or destroyed
• when was the Japan earthquake and what was the magnitude

  11th March 2011, magnitude of 9Mw
• what caused the Japan earthquake

  the Pacific plate was subducted under the Eurasian plate, at the Japan trench the fault was thrust side wards, it had a shallow focus and was the strongest earthquake ever recorded
• list some of the primary impacts of the Japan earthquake

  - 500-1500 deaths

  - over 1000 buildings collapsed or severely damaged

  - electricity, water and sewage systems were disrupted
• list some of the secondary impacts of the Japan earthquake

  - nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant

  - tsunami caused most deaths due to drowning

  - tsunami caused 17,000 deaths and 5,000 injuries

  - 1.2 million buildings severely damaged

  - $300 billion damage