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6. When did the Kobe earthquake occur? (KOBE)
- 5:46am, 17th January 1995
- 5:54am, 19th January 1995
- 5:46am, 17th February 1995
7. What is preparation?
- Building to an appropriate standard so buildings will withstand movement
- Ensuring hospitals and emergency services and prepares, and that inhabitants practise for major distasters
- Trying to forecast when an earthquake will occur
8. What plate boundary caused the earthquake? (HAITI)
- The boundary between the North American and Caribbean Plates (destructive)
- The boundary between the North American and Caribbean Plates (conservative)
- The boundary between the North American and South American Plates (destructive)
9. Where was the earthquake of the Richter scale? (KOBE)
10. Where was the epicentre? (HAITI)
- Port au Provance
- Port au Prince
- Port de Prince
11. What is prediction?
- Ensuring hospitals and emergency services and prepares, and that inhabitants practise for major distasters
- Trying to forecast when an earthquake will occur
- Building to an appropriate standard so buildings will withstand movement
12. What is the fault that caused the earthquake called? (KOBE)
- The Nojima Fault Line
- The Nagasaki Fault Line
- The Moriyama Fault Line
13. How much damage was done? (KOBE)
- $220 billion
- $1 billion
- $100 billion
14. What country took control of Port au Prince airport? (HAITI)
15. Short term responses included... (KOBE)
- Emergency action plan introduced, shaking earth, industry and services destroyed, schools destroyed
- Emergency shelters, putting out fires, hospitals being set up in schools, emergency services and army called in
- Bulldozing unsafe buildings, putting out fires, emergency kits made compulsory, emergency shelters
16. What was installed so that foreign aid could be delivered to the country? (HAITI)
- A floating airport
- A new port
- Floating hospitals
17. What do the three Ps stand for?
- Prediction, protection and preparation
- Prediction, preparation and progression
- People, places and protection
18. When did the earthquake in Haiti occur? (HAITI)
- Just before 5pm 12th January 2010
- Just after 5pm 12th January 2010
- 5pm, 12th January 2011
19. How many people were killed? (KOBE)
20. Which two tectonic plates were involved in the Kobe earthquake? (KOBE)
- The Pacific Plate and the Philippines Plate
- The Philippines Plate and the Eurasian Plate
- The African Plate and the Eurasian Plate