California Hazard Hotspot

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California
- Location
  - Western State of USA on the coast of the pacific.
- Key characteristics
  - Population: 38 million
  - Income per capita: $52,000
- Hydro-meteorological
  - Drought
    - La Nina
  - Landslides
Vulnerability
- Building on unstable land leads to liquefaction
- 70% of population live within 50km of fault line
- Incurs huge economic losses
- Some very poor areas
- California
  - Location
    - Western State of USA on the coast of the pacific.
  - Key characteristics
    - Population: 38 million
    - Income per capita: $52,000
  - Hydro-meteorological
    - Drought
      - La Nina
    - Landslides
70% of population live within 50km of fault line
Long lasting periods of high air pressure with sinking, dry air
- Anticyclones
Can be prompted by earthquakes
Prone to wildfires
The San Andreas fault runs the length of California (conservative boundary)
- Earthquakes
  - Geophysical Hazards
  - California has 2 or 3 earthquakes per year
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 destroyed most of the city
- Earthquakes
  - Geophysical Hazards
  - California has 2 or 3 earthquakes per year
Population density:242 per square mile

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