Tectonic Hazards Cace Studies

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude: 7
• Death rate: 200,000
• Economic cost: $7.8 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: $1,300
• HDI: 0.456
• Life expectancy: 61

Physical nature of the hazard:

56 affter shocks of 4.5 of grater. Main quake lasted less than a minit. 1/3 of buildings collapsed.

Important points of Haiti:

145 in UN human development index. 86% of people in Port-au-Prince living in slum condishons. stuck in a state of environmental ditermanisum. 45% littracy rates. 

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude: 6.9
• Death rate: 63
• Economic cost: $7 billion 

Level of development:

• GDP: $49,800
• HDI: 0.937
• Life expectancy: 78 

Physical nature of the hazard:

43 deaths due to freeway collaps. Candle stick park recently reinforced. 15 seconds long. Biggest since 1906.

Important points of Loma preta:

Very highly developed contry. Aid easily accessible. State govoner has high power. Retro fitting eg transamerica building.  

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude: 7.2
• Death rate: 6400
• Economic cost: $147 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: $36,200
• HDI: 0.912
• Life expectancy: 82 

Physical nature of the hazard:

Sat on unknown falt line. Low predictability.

Important points of Kobe:

Had warning stystems in place but sismographs knocked out by magntude. No one out side kobe awar of what was going on.

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude:6.7 
• Death rate: 74,500
• Economic cost: $5.2 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: $3,900
• HDI: 0.554
• Life expectancy: 69 

Physical nature of the hazard: 

infrequent sisemographs, meaning there was little prediction.

Important points of Kashmire:

located in Pakistsan. Courupt govermnet and lac of buliding regualtions.

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude: 9.3 
• Death rate: 294,000
• Economic cost: $9.8-$12.5 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: 
• HDI: 
• Life expectancy: 

Physical nature of the hazard:

located in indian ocean. A subduction Zone on the west cost of sumatra.

Important points of location:

Most contrys underdeveloped, unable to warn fellow endangerd areas of waves aproch.

Earthquake information:

• Magnetude: 8.9
• Death rate: 19000
• Economic cost: $300 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: $36,200
• HDI: 0.912
• Life expectancy: 82 

Physical nature of the hazard:

5 minits of shaking and 10 tsunami waves. TV and automatic allerts felt P-wave.

Important points of Location:

30% of earthquakes happen in Japan. Had 10m sea wall in place, but ground displaced by 1m meaning wave moved over wall pulling boats and debre with it.

Volcano information:

• VEI: 1
• Death rate: 147
• Economic cost: unknown

Level of development:

• GDP: $400
• HDI: 0.304
• Life expectancy: 55 

Physical nature of the hazard:

Lava flow strate through big settlement Goma, Constructive plate bowndry, strata volcano, high viscosaty magma

Important points of Location:

Civel war, 66% litracy rates. Acted as spill over form masicar in Rowander.

Volcano information:

• VEI: 4
• Death rate: 0 
• Economic cost: 5.2 Billion 

Level of development:

• GDP: $36,483
• HDI: 0.906
• Life expectancy: 81

Physical nature of the hazard:

Mid atlantic ridge, constructive plate bowndry, wind traveld in southerly direction, glacire on volcan lead to high levels of ash.

Important points of Location:

Hazard hot spot= high hazard perception, spasly populated, only one family relocated.

Volcano information:

• VEI: Unknown
• Death rate: 19
• Economic cost: $500 million 

Level of development:

• GDP: $8,500
• HDI: unranked
• Life expectancy: 73

Physical nature of the hazard:

Subductive plate bowndry, caribbean and North atlantic.

Important points of Location:

Volcanic islant= not where to go to= must relocate to other islands. 10,000 total population. Most poelpe small cale farmers.

Volcano information:

• VEI: 6
• Death rate: 847 
• Economic cost: $92 million

Level of development:

• GDP: $4,119
• HDI: 0.654
• Life expectancy: 67

Physical nature of the hazard:

90km north west of capital Manila.

Important points of Location:

USGS working in area on Clark air base. Instaled sisemogrphs= 75000 locals evacuated before eruption.

Volcano information:

• VEI: 5
• Death rate: 57 
• Economic cost: $969 million 

Level of development:

• GDP: $49,800
• HDI: 0.937
• Life expectancy: 78

Physical nature of the hazard:

Every tree with in 30km destroyed. Subduction zone = North america and Juan de fuca plates.

Important points of Location:

State governer had the power to move poeple to safty and impliment zoning.

Volcano information:

• VEI: 3
• Death rate: 23,000 
• Economic cost: $11.8 billion

Level of development:

• GDP: $49,800
• HDI: 0.719
• Life expectancy: 72

Physical nature of the hazard:

Subduction= south american and Nazcar plates. 130km west of capital Bogote.

Important points of Location:

Colombia. Drug and gang warfare.