New Zealand 2016 EQ

• What is the backround of the NZ earthquake?

  • 7.8 magnitude EQ

  • NZ- HIC, gni per capita is $40000

  • Epicentre of EQ is 95 km away from city of Christchurch

  • Death toll- 2 (50 injured)
• What were the social primary impacts of the earthquake in new zealand?

  • Power supply damaged leaving 7000 homes

  • 36 buildings in Kaikoura destroyed (red tagged)
• What was the economic primary impact of the NZ EQ?

  400 km of roads/rail line damaged (State Highway 1)
• What was the economic secondary impacts of the NZ EQ?

  $8.5 billion worth of damage
• What was the environmental secondary impact of the NZ EQ?

  EQ triggered 100,000 landslides, one blocked the Clarence river causing flooding, 10 farms evacuated
• What was the social secondary impact of the NZ EQ?

  200 Waiau residents left homeless- needed shelter
• What were the immediate response of the NZ EQ?

  > 200 vulnerable people evacuated from Kaikoura in 24 hours

  > Power was restored within 24 hours of most places

  > NZ Defence Force delivered clean water
• What weee the long-term responses of the NZ EQ?

  > Construction of new water pipes in 4 months (EQ proof- mitigate damage of future eqs)

  > Most roads and rail routes were repaired within 2 years (397 days for State Highway 1 to be repaired)

  > Kaikoura Mayoral relief fund- low income families given $250
• What was New Zealand’s preparation and Planning for the 2016 EQ?

  New Zealand frequently has EQs so people know what to do, EQ proof buildings- rubber shock absorbers