CASE STUDY SUMMARY Case Study: | Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand | Year: | 2010 | Event Profile Magnitude | Enormous | Sept 2010- 7.0Feb 2011- 6.6 | Small | Speed of onset | Rapid | | Slow | Duration | Long | Sept 2010- 40 seconds | Short | Areal extent | Widespread | | Limited | Spatial predictability | Random | | Predictable | Frequency | Frequent | 2010 earthquake had frequent aftershocks (over 14,000) | Rare | Facts Country Profile- NEW ZEALAND | LocationThe
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Although natural disasters can really only be classed a disaster if it affects humans as otherwise its impact would not necessarily be relevant so in effect all natural disasters are in effect human disasters. Seismic events, otherwise known as earthquakes, are a sudden violent shaking of the ground typically causing, as a result of the movement of tectonic plates in the earth’s crust or volcanic action. The result of seismic events is often destruction of buildings and infrastructure, which can claim
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Earthquakes are one of Mother Nature’s most powerful forces and have plagued our lives for as long as people have inhabited the earth. These dangerous acts of the earth have been the cause of many deaths in the past century. So what can be done about these violent eruptions that take place nearly without warning? Predicting an earthquake, until now, has almost been technologically impossible. However, with recent improvements in technology and science, many lives have been saved and many more will
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mainland lies, is being clutched upwardly near the Aegean Sea (Kutluca A. K., 2004). Both plates are located directly below Turkey and thus lead to this country’s massive history of avalanches, floods, landslides, droughts and earthquakes (Orhon, 1991). A 7.2 Mw earthquake had once
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2006, 6). The sudden spate of disastrous earthquakes in the Americas cause concerns. Within a span of 45 days, two earthquakes hit Haiti and Chile. An earthquake, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010, knocking down buildings and power lines and killing over 200,000 people. While the earthquake that devastated Chile, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale on February 27 was 500 times more powerful; yet the death toll is magnitudes lower. There is the dominant approach
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Hazard & Vulnerability of Dhaka City 5 page ■ Dhaka City Population Area Urbanization River ■ Recent few incidents case study ■ Historical Hazard ■ Analysis and severity of hazards & vulnerability Bangladesh is a unitary, independent and sovereign Republic known as the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Bangladesh emerged as an independent country on March 26, 1971. The war of liberation ended on 16 December 1971 with the victory of Bangladesh forces and the
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January 12th, 2010, Tuesday afternoon, a fierce earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti causing a crowded hospital to collapse, leveled countless dwellings, and brought even more suffering to a nation that was already the poorest and most disaster-prone in its hemisphere. Haiti has also gone through multiple previous natural disasters. When Haiti was a French colony, French historian recorded many earthquakes. In Port-au-Prince in the year 1757, one earthquake was so big that only one stonework building
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best this excerpt came from Voltaire’s Candide a French satire published during Europe’s Age of Enlightenment. This gives a chilling view of Lisbon on All Saint’s Day (November first) in 1755. What had occurred is a 200 km offshore 8.5-9.0 magnitude earthquake that resulted in a large-scale tsunami and rampaging fires, effectively killing thousands of people. This is one of the deadliest tsunamis recorded in history, but how do tsunamis function and what do we know about their inner workings.
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Last February 6, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan. With 116 deaths and widespread damage, it is the deadliest earthquake the country has ever experienced for 1095 years. Two days after, another 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the grounds of Papua New Guinea, with a minimal damage and zero casualties. And just two days ago, New Zealand experienced a tremor of almost the same scale, categorized as severe. While damages are at a minimum based on the latest evaluation, it is clear that a movement
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kind of people use it, to children of 5 years up to old timers. A recent earthquake showed that the “ShakeAlert System” really works. 10 seconds before the start of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake in California, a group of investigators of the university of UC Berkley received an alert that the earthquake was going to happen. Therefore, the objective of this system is to alert you 40 or 50 seconds before the earthquake, this will be very helpful. But now a 10 second “alert” will be enough time
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