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Summary Nepal & Chile Earthquakes GEOGRAPHY GCSE
Summary of the case studies - Nepal Earthquake & Chile Earthquake - Facts & figures - Effects of the earthquakes - Responses to the earthquakes
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Nepal & Chile EarthquakeChile
- Saturday 27th Feb 2010
- Epicentre 325 km south west of Santiago
- 8.8 on Richter scale - classified as great
- Moved conception 3.04m west
- Earth’s axis temporarily moved by 8cm
Effects:
- 80% of population affected
- 521 killed, 56 missing, 12,000 injured
- Infrastructure damaged
- Landslides blocked roads - transport difficult
- 1.5 million homes damaged
- Displaced 0.8 million people - sleep in tents
- 4000 schools damaged, 79 hospitals damaged
- Both international airports closed
- Cost airline $25 million
- Santiago without water / Electricity
- Historic buildings destroyed
- 30 mins after shock - series of waves hit Chile’s coastal towns
- Damage cost $20 billion to repair
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