earthquakes

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  • Created on: 04-01-20 09:49
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  • earthquakes
    • Nepal (LIC)
      • 109/193 for GDP and 145/287 for HID
      • caused by indo-Australian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate
      • had a magnitude of 7.9 and a very shallow focus of 15 km
      • secondary effects
        • flooding caused from a landslide that blocked up a river
        • avalanches on mount everest killed at least 19 people
        • communities cut off by landslides and avalanches
      • primary effects
        • 9,000 killed 20,000 injured and 8,000,000 people effected
        • widespread destruction of buildings
        • $5 billion USD in damage
        • power water and communicati-ons cut
    • Chile (HIC)
      • 38/193 for GDP and 41/187 for HID
      • Caused by the Nazca plate subduction beneath the south american plate just off the coast from Chile
      • had a magnitude of 8.8 and a shallow focus of 35 km
      • primary effects
        • 500 killed 12,000 injured and 800,000 affected
        • significant destruction of buildings
        • power, water and communicati-ons cut off
        • $30 billion USD in damage
      • secondary effects
        • communities cut off by landslides
        • coastal towns devastated by tsunami
        • chemical plant fire near Santiago forced evacuations

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