Why will you never see this in an HIC?

Key Question – Can earthquake risk be the same in different

places but vulnerability different?

How is this possible?

A COMPARISON STUDY OF TWO EARTHQUAKES OF SIMILAR MAGNITUDE

Kobe, Japan17th January 1995 (5.46 am)

Gujurat, India26th January 2001 (8.46 am)

Two earthquakes compared...

JapanGujurat

Here is your key question – write it in your books.

How can similar earthquakes in Gujurat and Japan have very different impacts on the

people who live there?

Watch the videos and make some notes to start answering this question

Kobe v Gujarat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p7xt_U34pM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWvO5SqkEo&list=PL6NWOw-uMA5ZuyXtIJdmw4oMcGYt_6LRa

When do earthquakes cause the most damage?

Can you think what factors might influence this?

Magnitude of earthquake Location (urban, rural, population and

population density) Time of day Response of emergency services Earthquake/disaster planning and

management

Factor Kobe earthquake17th January 1995 (5.46 am)

Gujurat Earthquake 26th January 2001 (8.46 am)

Location details and magnitude

Injuries and deaths

Short term (primary effects)

Long Term (secondary effects)

Reasons for the differences in damage

Read the BBC articles about the Kobe

earthquake and the Gujurat earthquake to hep you fill out a table like this one. You then

need to answer the question:

“How can similar earthquakes in

Gujurat and Japan have very different

impacts on the people who live

there?”

Short and Long Term Impacts

The best IGCSE students will be able to discuss both short AND long term impacts of natural disasters.

What is the difference? Are they interlinked?

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Key Question – Can earthquake risk be the same in different

places but vulnerability different?

How is this possible?

Some factors to consider:

Factors affecting the damage caused by earthquakes

size of the earthquake

time of day

emergency services

building design and construction

education

physical landscape

•Which of the above factors might be the same in MEDCs and LEDCs?•Which of them might be different?•What effect will this have?

Exam questions

Why are LIC’s more vulnerable to a seismic event than HIC’s?

How would we get 9 marks?