Case Studies Tectonics

Question 1

What are the case studies and purposes for volcanoes?

Answer 1

P - Philippines 1991 —> Mt Pinatubo (D)
I - Iceland 2010 —> Eyjafjallajokull (C)
N - DRC 2002 —> Mt Nyiragongo (C)
C - Catania 2006 —> Mt Etna (D)
C - Chile 2008 —> Chaiten volcano (D)
H - Hawaii 2018 —> intraplate tectonics

Question 2

What are the case studies for earthquakes?

Answer 2

C - Christchurch 2011 (D/T)
A - Afghanistan 2022 (D)
T - Tohoku 2011 (D)
T - Turkey 1999 (T)
I - Iran 2003 (D)
S - San Francisco 1994 (T)
H - Hawaii 2018 (intra)

Question 3

Japan 2011 key Event info:

Answer 3

• March 2011
• 43miles Epicentre
• Most powerful for Japan
• 9.0Mw
• 4th most powerful OAT
• 133ft tsunami
• $235 bn damage
• 15,800 dead

Question 4

Japan 2011 Capacity to cope/ vulnerability

Answer 4

Gaman = resilience
- Early afternoon (2:46)
- large city Sendai
- Highly developed ($235bn)
- 11 nuclear reactors shut —> radioactivity release

Question 5

Japan 2011 response/ development/ CTC

Answer 5

• Issued tsunami warnings 3 minutes after EQ
• Used modelling to predict where tsunami would hit
• 100,000 Japan self-defence force workers
• 20km evacuation zone around Fukushima
• earthquake drills in schools and workplaces
• Cross-bracing in building design
• Tokyo command centre