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Mind Map by MattyMcAuley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by MattyMcAuley
almost 11 years ago
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The Restless Earth Case Studies
- Mount Saint Helens
- Earthquake under the
mountain caused by magma
beginning to move
- Pacific plate subducted
beneath the North American
plate, destructive plate
boundary
- 61 deaths
- US government gave
$951 million in aid to
rebuild
- Increased chance of flooding
- 7000 animals in the
forest killed
- immediately created 3 zones:
volcanogists, police then public
- Lots of mountain rescue
helicopters sent up
- Earthquake under the
mountain caused by magma
beginning to move
- Bam Earthquake
- Badly built buildings
- Conflicting plates
- Between 26,000
and 30,000 dead
- Big costs for government
- Destroyed houses and
buildings
- 15,000 pound loans given for new houses
- China immediately gave $1.8 million
- Rebuilding of Arg-E-Bam meant increased
tourism again
- Badly built buildings
- California Earthquake
- Hit at 11:15am
- 6.5 on the richter scale
- Only 3 deaths
- Only 80 buildings were badly damaged
- Government were rich enough to pay
for damages themselves
- Hit at 11:15am
- Asian Tsunami
- Indian and Burma plate slipped
- Happened at 1 A.M
- Up to 100m waves
- 9.2 on the richter scale
- More than 230,000 dead
- Massive cholera outbreak
- Australian government donated $345 million
- Water-aid helped against cholera
outbreak by providing water purification
tablets
- Now have an earthquake/ tsunami warning system
- Indian and Burma plate slipped
- Montserrat Volcano
- Destructive plate boundary
- carribean plate subducted below the atlantic
- 23 deaths
- 5000 people moved to north of the island
- Over 5000 left the island
- Residents demanded 20k each
- 41 million pounds of aid given in total
- in 1997, 2400 pounds was given to any
over 18 wanting to leave the island
- 20.5 million pounds given to relocate refugees
- Destructive plate boundary
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