case studies

• Haiti - 2021 Causes/background info

  • the north america plate lies to the north
  • carribean plate to the south
  • earthquake took place at a conservation plate boundary
  • magintude - 7.2
  • focus - 10km
  • epicentre - 125km
• Haiti - 2021 impacts

  • more than 2,000 died, 12,000 injured
  • estimated cost - $1.6 billion - 9.6% of Haiti's GDP
  • delivary of essential aid supplies were harmed
  • hundred of landslides took place which destroyed local ecosystems and habiatats
  • covid-19 made the issue worse making the staffing of clinics and response teams difficult
• Haiti 2021 - vulnerablity and risk

  • charities and united nations
  • landslides affected the area close to the epicentre
  • heavy rainfall brought by tropical storm grace
  • ground surface flowed like liquid occoured along many coastal areas
• christ church - new zealand 2011

  background info/causes

  • depth - very shallow - 4.99km
  • boundary - conservative plate boundary, between pacific and Australian
  • magnitude - 6.3
• christ church - new zealand 2011

  impacts

  • 185 deaths, 3,129 people injured
  • large amount of building damage water pipes, roads, bridges, powerlines, cell phone towers
  • $40 billion total cost
  • 1,293 people were injured in the aftermath
  • people were physiologically impacted after the earthquake
  • 80% of the water and sewage system was severly damaged
  • schools has to join togther
  • 50% + of central city building severly damaged
  • takes 50 to 100 years for new zealand economy to recover
  • 1/5 of city population outmigrated - large population decline
  • can not host the rugby world cup
• christ church - new zealand 2011

  vulnerabilty and risk

  • Aid money poured in
  • Roads and houses were cleared of silt from liquefictation
  • domestic help was inavaible
  • government provided temporary housing
  • rescur crews from all over the world
• Haiti - 2010

  background info/causes

  • lack of prepardness
  • poverty of people and the country was high
  • shoddy building design
  • high population concentration
  • magnitude - 7.0
• Haiti - 2010

  impacts

  • 316,000 people killed - worst diaster
  • over 180,000 homes were damged or destroyed
  • 220,000 died in the immediate aftermath
  • 1.5m were left homeless
  • 7,400 deaths due to cholera
  • more than 1,000 orphans have departed haiti
  • used newspapers for weeks
• Haiti - 2010

  vulnerability and risk

  • high proportion of children malnourished
  • literacy 60%
  • internet uses 10%
  • life expantcy 54
  • people per doctor 6871
• turkey and syria eathquake

  background

  • syria is on the arabian plate,moving north at 15mm per year
  • most of turkey sits on the Anatolian plate westwards
  • magnitude - 7.8
  • destruction in two countries
• turkey and syria earthquake

  impacts

  • death toll of 55,000 and 130,000 injured
  • 26 million affected, many left homeless
  • damage to homes and infrastructure estimated at US$ 50 - 85 Billion
  • In syria, the earthquake exacerbated the effect of the ongoing war, depening the crisis for approximately 3.7 million children
  • in turkey, 2.5 million faced an increased risk of poverty,child labour or child marriage in the aftermath of the disaster
• turkey and syria earthquake

  response

  • immediately local people began to search for survivors in the rubble
  • 250,000 volunteers from the rest of turkey headed there
  • after a day or two international rescue teams began to arrive
  • aid began to arrive from turkey and overseas