What are the hazards associated with earthquake and volcanic activity?
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- What are the hazards associated with earthquake and volcanic activity?
- Impacts of Earthquakes
- Loss of life
- Destruction of infrastructure
- Disruption of water supplies
- Loss of public utilities
- Flooding
- Pollution
- Fires
- Tsunamis (offshore earthquakes)
- Disease
- Haiti Earthquake 2010
- 7 on richter scale
- 100,000-316,000 killed
- Government did not have money to provide aid for all survivors
- Still homeless and missing people today
- Buildings were not built to a high enough standard
- Large international aid provisions
- US Navy Vessels, Red Cross Vessels, and aircraft from around the world provided support
- Cholera outbreak due to polluted water- 8231 people killed up to August 2013
- Still 279000 living in temporary camps at the end of 2013
- New Zealand earthquake 2011
- Christchurch
- 6.3 on richter scale
- 166 killed
- 70 rescued
- Aid and Refuge
- Long term rebuild
- Buildings were better built to withstand earthquakes
- Evacuation plans in place
- Well-prepared emergency services
- Montserrat- Chances Peak Volcano
- Dormant for 300 years, started erupting in 1995
- Eruption lasted for 5 years
- Population (11000) evacuated, including Capital of Plymouth
- 19 killed over 5 years
- The only airport and hospital covered in ash
- British and US government sent short-term aid
- Long term exclusion zone set up
- Observatory built to monitor volcano
- Services expanded in North, and new airport built
- Mt St Helens 18th May 1980
- 57 killed
- Earthquake opened one face of mountain, and sudden release of pressure caused eruption
- Eruption column 80000 feet high
- Large mudslides from melting ice reached 50 miles
- $2.88bn of damage
- Evacuation and short-term aid
- Trees replanted
- 200 homes rebuilt
- Visitor center for tourists
- Impacts of Earthquakes
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