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L'Aquila Date and Magnitude
6th April 2009, 6.3 magnitude
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Haiti Deaths, L'Aquila deaths
250,000 , 291
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Montserrat Dates
June 1995, April 1997
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L'Aquila primary effects
1500+injured, bridges collapses, hospital destroyed, 11,000 buildings damaged
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Haiti Primary effects
Port-au-Prince flattened, 300,000+injured, 50% buildings collapsed, 1.5 million homeless, Key routes blocked
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Montserrat primary effects
19 deaths, Plymouth destroyed, vegetation in 35km^2 area burnt, airport schools hospitals destroyed, 2/3 island unsafe
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L'Aquila secondary effects
28000 no university access, 88,000 unemployed- businesses couldn't operate
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Japan background
11 March 2011, 9.0 magnitude earthquake, up to 130ft waves
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Montserrat secondary effects
Tourist industry collapsed, unemployment rose 7%-50%, Rice processing industry destroyed, 8000 left island
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Japan primary effects
19000 killed (approximate), 125,000 buildings collapsed, water went 10km inland destroying everything, 500 square km flooded, 2 million homeless,power lines gas water services disrupted
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Haiti secondary effects
Government crippled- city became lawless, 1 in 5 lost jobs, starvation, 1500 cholera deaths
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Japan Secondary effects
500,000 lived in shelters, Disruption- hard access for rescue teams, fire destroyed 365,000 buildings, Cooling system failure in nuclear station- radioactive levels increased up to 40 000 times more, $300 bn cost, 1 million tons of debris in pacific
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L'Aquila responses (immediate)
11,000 volunteers helped with aftermath, 34,000 housed in 161 settlements,Rail provided places to sleep, Tax + mortgage suspended
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Montserrat responses (immediate)
50% population evacuated, UK sent £17 million aid, Red Cross- temporary schools, Some evacuated on boats from government, US troops sent over, charities- food for farm animals
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Haiti responses (immediate)
16,000 UN troops, airport controlled by US military, UN world food- basic food, 692,000 in 591 camps, medical teams treated injured
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Japan responses (immediate)
Japan response teams alerted immediately, 100,000 relief mission- distributing food water blankets, Japan Red cross- 230 emergency teams, Japan + Usa searched for bodies, Shelters set up near Nuclear station, 1500 aid boxes sent
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Montserrat Long term responses
South still out of bounds, Population growing back- 8000+, UK- 3 year redevelopment, People offered new mortgages, Capital moved to Brades, New airport opened
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Haiti long term responses
$11.5 reconstruction package, Hospitals schools government buildings rebuilt, Economic activities moved from Port-au-prince
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L'Aquila long term responses
Government paid $16 bn reconstruction fee, Aseismic regulations followed, 13 new towns built- stimulate economic growth
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Japan long term responses
5 million tons debris cleared, $50 bn post earthquake reconstruction- 300,000 in temporary accommodation, Nuclear plant closed + exclusion zone, £25 million tsunami detector system installed.
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1500+injured, bridges collapses, hospital destroyed, 11,000 buildings damaged

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Port-au-Prince flattened, 300,000+injured, 50% buildings collapsed, 1.5 million homeless, Key routes blocked

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