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Comparing and contrasting earthquakes
Comparing and contrasting earthquakes
Have compared the impacts of earthquakes on a
MEDC
and a LEDC.Have considered development as a key issue in earthquake response.
By the end of this section, you will: Slide2
magnitude of the earthquake
physical landscape
time of day
building design and constructionemergency service responseGDPeducation.
Which factors do you think are the most important?Which factors are related to the wealth of the country?How can education limit earthquake damage?What factors affect earthquake damage?
Different factors affect the damage an earthquake causes:Slide3
Why might more people have died in Pakistan than in LA?
How different were the immediate effects of these earthquakes?
What the papers saySlide4
Pakistan lies on a
collision
boundary between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.
The Indian plate is moving into the Eurasian plate at a rate of 67 mm per year. The motion causes the Himalayas to rise, as well as producing earthquakes.
Epicentre of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.
What’s moving in Pakistan?Slide5
What’s moving in California?
The San Andreas fault is a
conservative fault that runs along the West of California.
Los Angeles lies very close to it.
All land west of the fault on the Pacific Plate is moving to the North-west. All land east of the fault on the North American plate is moving to the South-west.
The epicentre of the 1994 LA earthquake
The rate of slippage across California is 33-37 mm per year.Slide6
Using these photos as a guide, can you tell a story of the effects the earthquake had and how people responded to it?
Devastation and recovery in Pakistan