Christchurch Earthquake 2011
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- Created on: 17-06-15 18:11
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- Christchurch Earthquake 2011
- CAUSES
- Conservative plate margin
- Pacific Plate
- Australian Plate
- Magnitude 6.3 earthquake
- Focus only 3.1 miles deep
- Epicentre 6 miles SE of Christchurch
- Conservative plate margin
- EFFECTS
- PRIMARY
- Killed 185 people
- Around 2000 people injured
- 50% of city's buildings were damaged
- 80% of households without electricity
- Spire of cathederal collapsed
- Water supplies disrupted by ruptured pipes
- Liquefaction
- Large icebergs, the size of 20 football pitches calved into Tasman Lake
- Earth ROSE by 1m
- SECONDARY
- Damaged roads = delay in services
- 2011 census cancelled
- 10,000 homes needed demolishing
- 100,000 homes damaged
- Children forced to share classrooms
- Businesses out of action = loss of income & jobs
- Christchurch would no longer host the rugby world cup thus not tourism
- Total Cost: $40 BILLION
- Flooding due to liquefaction
- Tsunami from Tasman Lake up to 11ft
- PRIMARY
- RESPONSES
- SHORT TERM
- Cared for most vulnerable
- Chemical toilets set up for 30,000 residents
- Ensured saftey from dangerous buildings
- $6-7 Million international aid
- Areas zoned (green, orange, whit & red) to clasify damage/costof repairs
- LONG TERM
- Paid $898 million in building claims
- Temporary housing
- Water & Sewage restored by August
- Roads & Homes cleared
- SHORT TERM
- CAUSES
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