Edexcel A Level Geography: Tectonics Case Studies

9.0-9.3

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - magnitude

6.6

Iran 2003 earthquake - magnitude

9.0

Japan 2011 tsunami - magnitude

7.9

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - magnitude

$10 billion

Boxing day 2004 tsunami - cost

$14 billion

Haiti 2010 earthquake - cost

$240 billion

Japan 2011 tsunami - cost

$125.6 million

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - cost

5 million

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - number of people made homeless

130,000

Japan 2011 tsunami - number of people made homeless

100,000

Iran 2003 earthquake - number of people made homeless

1.3 million

Haiti 2010 earthquake - number of people made homeless

1.7 million

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - number of people made homeless

19,848

Japan 2011 tsunami - number of people dead and missing

26,271

Iran 2003 earthquake - number of people dead and missing

289,601

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - number of people dead and missing

9,000

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - number of tourists killed

20

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - number of Maldives islands destroyed

40%

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - loss of livelihood in Aceh province (fishing + farming)

£8.6 billion

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - money raised by the international community

110,000 tonnes

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - amount of food donated by WFP in first 5 months

$25 million

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - amount of money Thai tourism industry lost per month

United Nations (UN)

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - IGO that agreed to fund Indian Ocean tsunami warning system in 2005

23

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - number of small Indian earthquakes between 2011 and 2014 resulting in evacuations

100,000

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - number of commercial flights cancelled

10 million

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - number of passengers unable to board flights

50,000

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - number of passengers that Eurostar gained per day

$1.7 billion

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - loss in revenue for airlines

400 tonnes

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - volume of flowers from Kenya unable to be moved due to disruption to air travel

4

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - volcanic explosivity index score

500

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - number of farmers and families evacuated due to ash

700

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - number of people evacuated due to floods (Jokulhlaups)

20%

Eyjafjallajokull eruption 2010 - percentage increase in tourism between 2010 and 2011

220,000 - 250,000

Haiti 2010 earthquake - number of dead and missing

1 million

Haiti 2010 earthquake - number of people still in temporary camps one year on

20%

Haiti 2010 earthquake - percentage of jobs lost

35,000

Haiti 2010 earthquake - number of jobs created clearing rubble

5%

Haiti 2010 earthquake - proportion of rubble that had been cleared by September 2011

80%

Haiti 2010 earthquake - percentage of population living below the poverty line

2.5 million

Haiti 2010 earthquake - population of Port-au-Prince

$1.5 billion

Iran 2003 earthquake - cost

5:30am

Iran 2003 earthquake - time of onset

70%

Iran 2003 earthquake - percentage of houses destroyed

Mud brick

Iran 2003 earthquake - building material of most houses

3%

Japan 2011 tsunami - fall in GDP after disaster

8-10 minutes

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami - duration

6 minutes

Japan 2011 tsunami - duration

92%

Japan 2011 tsunami - percentage of all deaths caused by drowning

62.5%

Japan 2011 tsunami - percentage of all deaths that were people over 60

130,000

Japan 2011 tsunami - number of buildings that collapsed

4.4 million

Japan 2011 tsunami - number of homes left without electricity

62%

Japan 2011 tsunami - fall in international arrivals

75%

Japan 2011 tsunami - percentage of buildings constructed with earthquakes in mind

10 metres

Japan 2011 tsunami - height of sea wall

23

The Philippines - number of earthquakes experienced since 1960

9,000

The Philippines - number of deaths caused by earthquakes since 1960

22

The Philippines - number of active volcanoes

345

The Philippines - number of storms since 1960

1.6 billion

The Philippines - number of people affected by storms since 1960

105

The Philippines - number of floods since 1960

15

The Philippines - number of typhoons per year

5,335

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - number of children that died as schools collapsed

87,150

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - number of people dead and missing

1.5 million

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - number of houses destroyed

120 seconds

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - duration

25%

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - percentage of deaths caused by landslides

99%

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - percentage of farmhouses rebuilt after 2 years

130,000

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - number of soldiers and relief workers sent to affected areas within hours

2 weeks

Sichuan 2008 earthquake - amount of time it took before temporary houses, roads and bridges were being built

57

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - number of deaths

200

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - number of homes destroyed

7,000

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - number of animals killed

$1.1 billion

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - total cost

90%

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - percentage of deaths outside allocated 'danger zones'

5

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - volcanic explosivity score

24km

Mt St Helen's eruption 1980 - height of eruption column

6.3

Christchurch 2011 earthquake - magnitude

80%

Christchurch 2011 earthquake - percentage of CBD buildings damaged