earthquake case studies 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 19-04-14 10:17 where was haiti earthquake? port-au-prince 1 of 25 when? haiti, january 2010 2 of 25 which plates involved? carribean and north american 3 of 25 what magnitude? 7 4 of 25 epicentre was how far away from capital? 24km 5 of 25 what was the energy equivilant to? an atomic bomb radiating outwards 6 of 25 how many lives lost due to collapsed buildings? 25,000 7 of 25 what happened to port-au-prince? flattened in 60 seconds 8 of 25 what % buildings collapsed? 50%, including parliament 9 of 25 how many homeless? 1.5 million 10 of 25 how was landscape permenantly changed? corals pushed upwards to the north of the fault line whilst farmland collapsed into the sea in the south 11 of 25 what was the aftershock? magnitude 6.1 on Jan 20th 12 of 25 how many did cholera kill? 1500 people 13 of 25 which plates involved in italy? african and eurasian 14 of 25 what magnitude? 5.8 15 of 25 where was epicentre from l'Aquila? 7km northwest in Tornimparte 16 of 25 what time did it strike? 3:32am 17 of 25 how many died 291 18 of 25 how many injured 1,500 19 of 25 how many unemployed? 88,000 20 of 25 how many homeless? 58,000 21 of 25 what impact did it have on the economy? $4bn 22 of 25 which historic capital damaged? abruzzo 23 of 25 which cathedral? sam massimo and 3rd century baths of caracalla, rome 24 of 25 how many volunters helped with the aftermath? 11,000 25 of 25
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