Sichuan Earthquake 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyNatural hazardsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: NancyCreated on: 04-06-13 20:16 When was the earthquake? 12th May 2008 1 of 22 What was the magnitude of the earthquake? 7.9 2 of 22 Why were people vulnerable? poor construction of infrastructure 3 of 22 What plates were involved? Indo-Austrialism and Eurasian 4 of 22 What happened with the two plates? Indo-Austrailism plate pushing against the Eurasian plate 5 of 22 At what rate a year did the two plates moved? 5cm 6 of 22 How many people died? 9,000 7 of 22 How many people were injured? 375,000 8 of 22 How many people were made homeless? 5 million 9 of 22 How many buildings collapsed? 5.4 million 10 of 22 How many schoolchildren died? 10,000 11 of 22 Where did a landslide kill 700 people? Qingchuan 12 of 22 What was the secondary effect on landslides creating 34 temporary barrier lakes? They caused the water levels to rise, threatening to beach the temporary earth dam so authorise evacuated 250,000 people 13 of 22 What was the response described as? Swift and decisive 14 of 22 How much money went to strengthening schools? $1.3 billion 15 of 22 How many homes were built? 4 million 16 of 22 How many jobs did this create? 1 million 17 of 22 Reconstruction plan? 169 new hospitals and 4500 primary schools 18 of 22 860,000 apartments built? True 19 of 22 How many people did the welfare programmes help? 1.4 million people in poverty 20 of 22 Total bill: $150 billion 21 of 22 Did it become evident that the rush for economic growth, meant that safety had been ignored? YES 22 of 22
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