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Flashcards by Tyler Ebanja, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tyler Ebanja
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| Question | Answer |
| Give details on the 2004 Asian Boxing Day Tsunami. | - Killing people in 14 different countries around the Indian Ocean, totalling over 250,000 deaths - Highest death toll in Indonesia Island of Sumatra where over 130,000 were killed and over 30,000 missing - 500,000 people were made homeless - Over 80,000 houses were destroyed - Tsunami also caused diseases such as cholera and dysentery spread due to the lack of clean water and sanitation in the refugee camps killing an estimate of 150,000 people |
| Give details on the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake. | - Magnitude 9.1 on the Richter Scale. - It was followed by a tsunami as well as landslides. - 45,7000 buildings were destroyed. - Nuclear meltdowns occurred because of radioactive contamination. - 15,894 deaths. |
| What were the short term responses for the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake? | - People got outside during the earthquake, the warnings from the JMSA also helped save lives. - Japanese government responded by sending in specially trained people such as the Self-Defence Force - Japanese Red Cross reporting $1 billion in donations |
| What were the long term responses to the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake? | - Just 6 days after the quake a motorway was repaired - Better and improved warning and motoring systems where put in place. |
| Give details on the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake. | - 7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale. - Due to the slippage of the Australian and Pacific Plates. - 181 people killed - Around 100,000-160,000 buildings damaged. |
| Give details on the 2013 Seddon Earthquake. | - 6.5 magnitude - Only 4 recorded deaths. - The Wellington emergency management office was activated, shutting down the business district. |
| Give details on the 2016 Central Italy Earthquake. | - 297 dead in Amatrice. - The earthquake had a 6.2 magnitude. - It was due to the subduction of the Adriatic Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. - It had a depth of 10km. - Three quarters of Amatrice were destroyed. |
| Give details on the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake. | - Magnitude 9.5 on the Richter Scale. - 2 million people made homeless. - Between 1000-6000 people killed. - The earthquake occurred due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. |
| Give details on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. | - 7.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale. - Over 200,000 people were killed. - 1.5 million made homeless - $8 billion was spent to cover the cost of damages and losses - 70% of the buildings in Port-au-Prince collapsed. |
| Give an example of an earthquake that occurred on a conservative plate boundary. | California 2003 Earthquake - Magnitude of 6.5 - 3 people died - Epicentre not dear densely populated area - 80 buildings were damaged |
| Give details on the 2010 Eyjafjalllajokull Eruption. | - VEI of 4 - No deaths - 250 million cubic metres of ejected tephra. - Around 500 farmers and families evacuated. - Ash cloud caused air travel disruption, total of $1.7billion lost. |
| Give a detailed example for a lava diversion event. | 1983 Mount Etna eruption. - Eruption rate was 10 cubic metres per second. - Rubble barrier was constructed 400m long and 30m wide - Estimated that the damage caused without the channel was $5-25 million |
| Give a detailed example of an effusive and continuous volcanic eruption. | Hawaiian Kilauea volcano - There have been 34 eruptions since 1952, and 61 eruptions total - VEI of 1 - Current eruption was in 1983 - No deaths - Gentle lava flows - now in its eighteenth year of continuous eruption |
| Give an example of an Intraplate earthquake. | 2011 Virginia earthquake - An estimated magnitude of 5.8 - Aftershocks were felt in Maryland and Philadelphia. - 2 buildings collapsed with minor structural damages. |
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