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What is one country which suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake?
New Zealand
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Where in New Zealand?
Kaikoura
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In what year?
2016
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Which plate boundaries?
destructive and conservative
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What process was this?
subduction
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What are the key differences between oceanic and continental crust?
oceanic is

thinner
denser
younger
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What are three primary effects of this earthquake?
tens of thousands of homes were destroyed

total cost of damage was 8.5 billion dollars


communication, water, sewerage and power supplies were cut off
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What were three secondary impacts?
triggered up to 100,000 landslides

one landslide lead to a blockage of Clarence river
flooding and evacuation of 10 farms

generated a tsunami around 5m high
250m debris
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What were two immediate responses?
emergency shelter for hundreds

200 of most vulnerable were evacuated from Kaikoura within 24 hours
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What were two long term responses?
5.3 billion dollars of funding was provided
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What is another earthquake that had a 7.8 magnitude?
Nepal
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Where in Nepal?
Gorkha
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What year?
2015
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Which plate boundary?
destructive
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What are three primary effects?
5 billion dollars worth of damage

4 million were left homeless

9000 died
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What were three secondary effects?
earthquakes triggered avalanches which killed 18 people

landslides blocked roads preventing emergency aid

lack of clean water lead to outbreak of typhus
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What are two immediate responses?
emergency shelter for 130,000

Charities such as Oxfam provided medicine and food
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What are two long term responses?
500 million dollars spent to build earthquake resistant houses

NGO's work with residents to increase their resilience with disasters
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What is an example of a tropical storm?
Typhoon Haiyaan
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What year?
2013
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How many mm of rain?
280
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What were three primary effects?
1 million homes severely destroyed or damaged

1.9 million left homeless

600,000 hectares of farmland was flooded
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What were three secondary impacts?
landslides

5.6 million lost jobs

lack of clean water
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What are two immediate reponses?
evacuation of 800,000 people

fishermen warned not to go out to sea
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What are two long term responses?
300 million dollars to help fund rebuilding

charities built new storm resistant buildings
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