Earthquake Case Studies
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- Earthquake Case Studies
- Sichuan 12th May 2008
- effects
- social
- 4.6 million left homeless
- 69 000 killed
- Lost generation due to one child rule, many adults were sterilised and so could not reproduce again.
- Economic
- GDP dropped by about 1%
- £80 billion s worth of repairs
- Many people did not have insurance
- Environmental
- Panda habitats wiped out by flooding
- valleys were blocked by landslides causing unstable lakes to form that could easily burst at any time
- Lack of clean water reached the city due to the landslides.
- social
- responses
- Long term
- Governments gave £5 billion for rebuilding
- survival plans and warning preparations put in place
- Buildings were rebuilt earthquake proofed
- Short term
- Army were used as the landscape was steep and so normal aid could not get in.
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- Long term
- Causes
- Indian plate sub-ducted beneath the Eurasian plate
- 7.9 on the Richter Scale
- Very Mountainous area
- effects
- Kobe 14th January 1995
- Effects
- Enironmental
- Fires due to wooden buildings and gas leaks
- lack of clean water, all got polluted with sewage
- Economic
- $100 billion damage
- Old Office blocks destroyed to the ground
- Roads, houses, gas, water, sewage and phone links destroyed
- Social
- 5466 dead
- 300 000 homeless
- Traditional wood houses with slate roofs collapsed
- Enironmental
- Causes
- 7.2 on Richter
- Phillipine plate sub-ducted beneath eurasian plate
- Very populated area (10 million people)
- Responses
- Short term
- Trapped were rescued
- Fires were put out
- aid was provided and streets cleared
- Long term
- Buildings rebuilt to be earthquake proof
- Drills for what to do in an earthquake and warning system put in place
- Short term
- Effects
- Sichuan 12th May 2008
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