Unit 4 Tectonic Report: Tsunami Case Studies 4.0 / 5 GeographyPlate tectonicsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Emily BradburnCreated on: 17-06-15 11:38 When was the Asian Tsunami? Boxing Day 2004 1 of 15 How was the Asian Tsunami caused? An earthquake cause be a convergent plate boundary, the Indian plate is being subducted beneath the Burma plate 2 of 15 Describe the characteristics of the tsunami. The earthquake caused a rupture of 1,200km long and caused the seabed to uplift by 20m 3 of 15 How long after the earthquake did the tsunami occur? Within 30 mins & it travelled at speeds up to 800km 4 of 15 What height did the wave reach? Started at approx. 1m and then reached heights of 15 5 of 15 Name 4 sources used for this case study. cia.gov, coolgeography.co.uk, bbc.co.uk/schools and slideshare.net 6 of 15 What is the GDP per capita , life expectancy and population of Indonesia? $3,400, 249 million and 70 yrs 7 of 15 What social impacts of the tsunami were there? 283,000 dies, spread of cholera and other diseases, 500,000 left homeless in Sumatra, 1,000 killed from a train being de-railed in Sri Lanka 8 of 15 What economic impacts were there of the tsunami? Areas hit were very reliant on tourism e.g. Maldives had to rebuild their industry- suffered a loss to the economy 9 of 15 When was the Chilean Tsunami? 2010 10 of 15 How was the Chilean Tsunami caused? Convergent plate boundary, the Nazca plate was subducted beneath the South American plate- caused an earthquake of 8.8 magnitude 11 of 15 Describe the characteristics of the tsunami. Epicentre was only 22 miles below the earth's surface- 15m high 12 of 15 What is the HDI, GDP per capita, life expectancy and population of Chile 0.85, £15,700, 82yrs and 12.4 million 13 of 15 What were the social impacts of the tsunami? 370,000 houses destroyed/damaged, 525 died, 25 missing, 971 miles of road damaged and 79 hospitals 14 of 15 What were the economic impacts of the tsunami? $29.7 billion in repairs and destroyed the south port Talcahuano 15 of 15
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