Indonesia 2018

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Date
Friday 28th September 2018
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Time
9pm
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Indonesia's development/economy
An EDC which is part of the MINT countries which means it has a rapidly growing economy and population
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Indonesia's location
Volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean
South-East Asia
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Focus
Shallow
10km
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Epicentre distance from Palu
Island on which the epicentre and Palu are on
Approx. 40km
Sulawesi
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Magnitude
7.5Mw
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Tsunami height
6m
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Cause of the seismic activity
Palu-Koro slip-strike fault
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Deaths
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Approx 4,400
Some bodies were washed out to sea, the search for bodies stopped after a fortnight and not every missing person was recorded
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Injuries
+why this is inaccurate
Approx 2,500
Much greater because this is only recorded injuries and hospitals were damaged and people lived in inaccessible locations
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Homes destroyed
Approx 70,000
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People displaced
Approx 90,000
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Why was it difficult to distribute aid?
Airport damaged
Roads blocked
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How many in need of emergency aid
At least 200,000
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How many people were still homeless 6 months later?
Approx 170,000
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Why was there a disease outbreak?
Contaminated water and decomposing bodies
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When and why was the body recovery search called off?
11th October (fortnight later) because dealing with the dead bodies was exposing people to diseases
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Cost
+according to who
Estimated US$500 million
World Bank
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Tsunami warning system:
When was it put in place?
Was it successful? If not, why?
Put in place following the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
No
Indonesian government criticised of not maintaining it
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When were building regulations put in place?
2002
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Why might the building regulations not be successful?
Example
Difficult to implement, especially as an EDC
Collapse of the relatively new Roa Roa hotel
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When did the Indonesian government declare it a disaster and request aid?
2 days later
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Number of countries who provided aid
At least 20
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Amount UK gov donated
£3 million
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People involved in rescue operations
Approx. 10,000
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Asian Development Bank loan
US$1 billion
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UN
US$5 million
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