Tectonic Case Studies

Question 1

Tohoku tsunami deaths

Answer 1

16000

Question 2

Tohoku cost

Answer 2

$240billion

Question 3

Tohoku magnitude and epicentre

Answer 3

9.0 magnitude earthquake 129km east of Sendai

Question 4

Japan GDP per capita

Answer 4

$41,429

Question 5

Tohoku date

Answer 5

11/03/11

Question 6

Tohoku focus depth

Answer 6

30km

Question 7

Tohoku how many homeless

Answer 7

130,000

Question 8

Tohoku env impacts

Answer 8

Meltdown of Fukushima nuclear power plant

Question 9

Tohoku prediction / forecasting

Answer 9

Reported within seconds of earthquake happening - allowed people to be warned and precautions to be taken

Question 10

L’aquila date

Answer 10

6/04/09

Question 11

L’aquila plate boundary

Answer 11

African and Eurasian collision

Question 12

Italy magnitude

Answer 12

6.3

Question 13

Italy focus depth

Answer 13

10km

Question 14

Italy deaths and injuries

Answer 14

300 dead 1500 injured

Question 15

Italy cost

Answer 15

$16billion significant structural damage

Question 16

Italy env impacts

Answer 16

1.5 - 3million m cubed of debris

Question 17

Italy GDP per capita

Answer 17

$42,492

Question 18

Italy forecasting / prediction

Answer 18

6 scientists jailed for providing inaccurate info about danger of tremors prior to earthquake

Question 19

Sumatra date

Answer 19

26/12/04

Question 20

Sumatra plate

Answer 20

Destructive indo Australian

Question 21

Sumatra magnitude

Answer 21

9.0

Question 22

Sumatra focus depth and epicentre

Answer 22

30 km 250km sw of Banda Aceh

Question 23

Sumatra deaths

Answer 23

300,000 across 14 countries

Question 24

Sumatra cost

Answer 24

$10 billion

Question 25

Sumatra GDP per capita

Answer 25

Indo $11,812 - majority of deaths over 200,000

Question 26

Sumatra forecasting / prediction

Answer 26

None - 32 DARTII systems set up around world after

Question 27

Haiti date

Answer 27

12/01/10

Question 28

Haiti plate

Answer 28

NA and Caribbean conservative

Question 29

Haiti magnitude

Answer 29

7.0

Question 30

Haiti epicentre and focus depth

Answer 30

24km from Port au Prince 10km

Question 31

Haiti deaths and injured

Answer 31

250,000 deaths 300,000 injured 9000 died from cholera after

Question 32

Haiti GDP

Answer 32

$2,905

Question 33

Iceland date

Answer 33

20/03/10

Question 34

Iceland VEI

Answer 34

VEI-4

Question 35

Iceland social impacts

Answer 35

Damage in Iceland limited water supply. Livestock kept indoors

Question 36

Iceland location

Answer 36

120 km east of Reykjavik

Question 37

Iceland eco impacts

Answer 37

Airports closed in uk - £130million in revenue lost per day $1.7billion lost globally

Question 38

Pinatubo date

Answer 38

9/06/1991

Question 39

Pinatubo magnitude

Answer 39

7.7 VEI 6

Question 40

Pinatubo complicating factors

Answer 40

Occurred during typhoon Yunya - heavy rain mixed with ash = lahars

Question 41

Pinatubo forecasting / prediction

Answer 41

Managed to evacuate 75,000 people due to early warning USGS - US geological survey

Question 42

Pinatubo homeless

Answer 42

Over 100,000

Question 43

Pinatubo cost

Answer 43

Over $700 million

Question 45

How many buildings in Japan built to withstand earthquakes

Answer 45

75%