Hazardous earth case studies

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What are the two case studies for earthquake
Japan, tohoku, 2011
haiti ,2010
What is the HDI of Japan
0.9
What is the HDI of haiti
0.4
What is the life expectancy in Haiti
64
What is the life expectancy in Japan
85
Why might Japan be better at mitigating the impacts of an earthquake
Much more developed country with higher education and economic activity
What is japans GDP
41,000
What % work in agriculture in Haiti
38
What caused the 2011 Japan earthquake
Japan lies in a convergent plate - pacific plate is subducting beneath the North American plate. Causing friction which was released in an earthquake
Why do people live in Japan
Japan is very wealthy, highly developed education system
volcanoes provide opportunities for tourism
Japan has geothermal power
What was the magnitude of japans earthquake
9
describe the Japan earthquake
magnitude of 9
shallow focus of 24km
epicentre was 80niles from sendai
shaking occurred for 6 minutes
How many aftershocks were felt in Japan for 5 weeks after
420
How long did it take the tsunami to reach the coast of Japan
20-30 minutes
How high were tsunami waves
15-20m high
How many miles inland did the tsunami in Japan travel
8 miles
How high were the waves in California
1-2m
What happened to the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
Automatically shut down during earthquake but the power supply was damaged by the tsunami. 4/6 reactors were badly damaged. Caused explosions due to build up of hydrogen gas.
How many died in the Japan earthquake
20,000 and 6000 injured
What % of deaths in the Japan earthquake were due to the tsunami
90%
How many people made homeless by Japan’s earthquake
1/2 million
What infrastructure was damaged by the earthquake in Japan
1000 miles of rail line.
Sendai airport was damaged
30 homes destroyed due to liquefaction
What was the cost of the Japan earthquake
300 billion
What were some economic impacts of the Japan earthquake
3.5% fall in GDP
209 companies forced into debt
What were the environmental impacts of japans earthquake- 2011
The tsunami destroyed 95% of vegetation
radioactive pollution water and food
salt crusts formed in paddy fields making it hard to farm
How did Japan mitigate the vulnerability of the earthquake
87% of buildings in Tohoku are Aseismic
all bullet trains are fitted with a P wave detecting system.
Japan has refuge sites where emergency aid is stockpiled
annual disaster prevention day on the 1st September
How did Japan mitigate the losses - short term
Within 30minutes 11 military aircraft had responded
163 countries offered help
all debris had been cleared within two days
bodies were buried in mass graves quickly
how did Japan mitigate the losses - long term
Within a fortnight the transport links had been repaired and re opened
within 6 months nearly all water supplies and electricity supplies restored
Was japans preparedness successful
Bullet trains were able to stop with no deaths
warnings of tsunami issued 3 minutes after earthquake
70% of a seismic buildings suffered no damage
How did japans preparedness fail
Weren’t prepared for scale of tsunami - built sea walls 10m high
Describe the Haiti 2010 earthquake
Epicentre was 25km from capital city
occurred on a strike slip fault
magnitude of 7
shallow depth of 13km
What were the social impacts of Haiti
90% of buildings destroyed
increased rape and sexual assault in camps
How many died in the Haiti earthquake
230,000
How many made homeless in the Haiti earthquake
1.5 million
What % of schools were destroyed
80%
Which disease spread after the Haiti earthquake
Cholera - death of over 8000
What are some economic impacts of the haiti earthquake
earthquake cost 8billion
20% of jobs were gone
destruction of roads and fishing ports had an effect on food production
Environmental impacts of Haiti’s earthquake
Sanitation systems were destroyed so cholera spread
lots of debris
Political impacts of haitis earthquake
Haiti accused the UN of bringing cholera to country. 60% of gov buildings were destroyed
What did haitis government launch in 2013
10 year plan to eradicate cholera. By increasing healthcare to 80%