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These documents contain case studies of volcanic events and earthquakes. This document is aimed at the A level Geography OCR specification for the Hazardous Earth part of the course, in paper 3. the case studies contain information based around the following titles: background information, social...

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Earthquake case studies



Haiti- 12th January 2010

General background

 Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere
 Epicentre 15km from capital (Port-au-Prince), shallow
 Magnitude 7

Social impacts

 Over 220,000 deaths
 300,000 injured
 1.3 million made homeless
 Levelled city of over 2 million –Port-au-Prince
 Roads blocked by debris
 Small local tsunamis killed 7 people
 Outbreaks of cholera by November 2010
 3 million people effected by the quake

Economic impacts

 Port-au-Prince levelled- population of over 2 million
 Port damaged
o Couldn’t be used to bring in supplies
o Main route off the island
 Several hospitals collapsed
 30,000 commercial buildings collapsed
 Clothing industry manufacturing factories damaged (accounts for 1/3 of economy)-
estimated 1/5 people lost their job

Environmental impacts

 North of the earthquake bulged upwards and south of the earthquake subsided

Political impacts

 Weak government response
 Unequal distribution of aid

Mitigation against vulnerability

 Area monitored- scientists new a big event would come but could predict a time scale

Mitigation against losses

 Aid slow due to the port being damaged

,  USA sent rescue teams and 10,000 troops
 Bottled water and purification tablets were provided
 235,000 people were moved to less-damaged cities away from Port-au-Prince
 The UK government donated £20 million
 The EU gave $330 million and the World Bank waived the countries debt repayments for 5
years
 Dominican Republic accepted some refugees
 Houses rebuilt to a higher standard- very slow, over 1 million being still living in temporary
shelters one year after the quake




L’Aquila, Italy- 6th April 2009

, General background

 Population of 73000
 Area has lots of historic buildings
 4.6 magnitude earthquake happened at midnight
 Main 6.3 magnitude earthquake happened at 3.30 a.m.
 Several days of aftershocks

Reasons why people live there

Social impacts

 308 deaths
 50000 left homeless
 Town’s university hospital declared off limits- fear of collapse
o Doctors treated in the streets
o Urgent appeal for blood

Economic impacts

 Between 10000 and 15000 buildings collapsed- even some of the reinforced ones
 18000 out of work in the region
 House prices and rents have increased in the area
o Fewer students study at the local university
 Reduced amount of business and tourism

Environmental impacts

 Aftershocks triggered landslides> more damage

Mitigation against vulnerability

 Monitored and possibly predicted but not by a reliable method- radon gas emissions

Mitigation against losses

 Within an hour the Italian Red Cross arrived to search for survivors, raised £171000 in
support
 Roads and airspace closed to all but emergency vehicles
 2000 tent camp with each tent holding 8 to 10 people and 4000 hotel beds
 110000 people housed in 150 camps- not suitable for winter> cold
 People badly affected given a tax break till January 2011 + multiple other services suspended
bills
 184 earthquake buildings ordered
 The EU granted US$ 552.9 million from its Solidarity Fund for major disasters to begin
rebuilding L’Aquila
 Students were given free public transport, discounts on educational equipment and were
exempt from university fees for three years
 Most of the town took 2 years to rebuild and the historic centre took 15 years to rebuild

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