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Multi-hazard - Earthquake Flashcards

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Example

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Luzon, Philippines

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Year occured

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1990

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Richter

Mercalli

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7.7

9

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Primary impacts

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Schools and hospitals destroyed
Christian college - 6 stories - collapsed trapping 250 people
Hyatt terraces lost
Quintos bridge lost to liquefaction
Roads damaged by rupture
$10 billion in damage
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Secondary impacts

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1600 dead
Homelessness
Aftershocks
3 deaths from stampeeding
Roads blocked in mountainous regions by landslides
Modification to riverbeds
Flooding
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Short term responses

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Evacuation from Loakan Airport
USA and Philippine Air force
Local volunteer miners, scouts, cadets helped rescue
Health professionals flown in from Asia

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Plate movement

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Conservative

Philippine moving past Sunda (offset of Eurasian)

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