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How many people were left homeless after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami?
1.7 million
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What was the estimated loss (all countries) after the 2004 Tsunami?
$8.71bn
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How many people were displaced in Sumatra after the 2004 tsunami?
500,000
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What was the depth of the Sichuan 2008 earthquake?
19km
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What was the magnitude of the Sichuan 2008 earthquake?
7.9
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How many people were left homeless after the Sichuan earthquake?
4.8 million
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How much money was spent on rebuilding after the earthquake in Sichuan?
$138bn
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How many jobs were lost after the earthquake in Sichuan?
1 million
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What was the magnitude of the Gujarat earthquake (2010)?
7.7
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How many people died after the earthquake in Gujarat?
12,300
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How much property damage was there in Gujarat after the 2010 earthquake?
$7.5bn
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What made the Gujarat earthquake more devastating (context)?
the fault was unknown and there was a very high population density
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What was the magnitude of the 2011 earthquake in Tohoku, Japan?
9.0
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What boundary did the earthquake in Tohoku occur on?
Destructive (subduction)
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How many people died in Tohoku due to the earthquake and tsunami?
15,000
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How much was the total damage worth in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami?
$200bn
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What was the overall loss in GDP in Japan after the earthquake/tsunami?
5%
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Context of the Japanese tsunami/earthquake?
Had early warning systems and is a HIC so prepared
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What was the magnitude and depth of the earthquake in Haiti, 2010?
7.0 and 13km
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How many people were left homeless in Haiti after the earthquake?
1 million
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Estimated number of deaths in Haiti due to the earthquake?
160,000
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How many people were affected by the earthquake in Haiti?
3 million
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Context of the earthquake in Haiti?
corrupt governance left people living in endemic poverty
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Eyafjallajokull eruption 2010 caused:
African countries to lose $65 million
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Eyafjallajokull eruption 2010 caused:
Tourism and airline industries to lose £1 bn
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Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake caused:
73,000 deaths
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Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake caused:
3.5 million people to go homeless
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What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan?
7.6
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What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Northridge, USA?
6.4
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How many people died after the earthquake in Northridge, USA?
57
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What were the magnitudes of the earthquakes in New Zealand, 2010/2011?
7.1 and 6.3
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