The Earthquake Of India, China, Bangladesh, And Bhutan

Whilst earthquakes are perhaps the most frequently occurring natural hazard, their impact on people, property and communities varies enormously from one place to another. It is possible to identify a number of factors that cause some places to suffer more than others. Whilst some are large scale and are to do with tectonic location, others are decided at a much more local scale, and relate to building design and levels of preparedness.

“Sometimes, you think a storm is coming to rain on your parade, it’s actually there to water your garden.” -Rob Hill Sr. On October 15, 2013 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Phillippines. There were 2,211 aftershocks with a total of US$23 million damaged. On October 20, a council reported 185 dead and 583 injured. Finally, 703,244 affected families with 3,542,281 affected individuals. The Philippians responded by getting donations from the Red Cross, having groups come help or clean up, and disliking what the government is doing aftermath.

The 2015 Nepal Earthquake caused over 5,000 casualties, even though the quake itself only lasted for about fifty seconds.

The particular initiative of my organisation that I will focus on is the earthquake recovery in Nepal. On 25 April 2015 a massive 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, affecting 8 million people across the country. Another 7.3 earthquake struck on May 12.

For the Humanitarian Project I projected my views of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and Earthquake onto a newsletter. There were multiple sections included on the newsletter, like interviews of the survivors themselves and the effects that the crisis had on the surrounding countries. In my eyes, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and Earthquake compares to Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane that hit the United States, in many ways. It’s kind of like us United States citizens can sympathize for the people in Asia because we can compare to what they went through, even though we experienced it after. Asia experienced many conflicts going through this crisis. With a magnitude of 9.3, the quake was the second largest earthquake in history. It killed about

Earthquakes occur daily as plates of lithosphere travel on asthenosphere; however, some earthquakes are larger and cause more damage than others. Major earthquake zones include the circum-pacific region, Indonesia to Europe, Caribbean and Sandwich Islands, mid-ocean ridges, and East Africa. Larger earthquakes are rarer than smaller earthquakes, yet when they do occur, they are memorable. The Japan earthquake of 2011 and the Haiti earthquake of 2010 are memorable for unfavorable circumstances, yet are excellent sources of study for seismologists and geologists.

Because it was peaceful during this time the population grew and this caused a scarcity of land so they started building houses that were over two stories. A popular style of residential architecture was the sukiya style. Great examples of this is Katsura Detached Palace. In this style they use plain lines and decor and used wood in it’s natural

The 7.9 earthquake that caused the avalanche originated from the city of Kathmandu, causing an even more desperate time than on Everest. In areas around kathmandu, over 22,000 people were injured and over 9,000. This is the

Media partnership is another critical assumption that is used in an emergency situation. The media takes the responsibility of giving information to the public, as well as receiving information from them too. Thus, any emergency response team must work together with the media to give information that is particularly accurate and timely to avert situations that aggravate tension. Emergency managers must have an understanding of the needs and requirements of the media and the value that they come with in emergency response situations (Haddow & Haddow, 2013).

Tangshan China 1976, the biggest and most deadly earthquake was about to erupt and no one knew it was coming. It killed 240,000 people and injured 500,000! Jian, my grandfather was in Tangshan at the time. He survived and luckily did not get hurt, it was a moment that he could never forget. It affected him greatly, he could have lost his life. Jian became grateful and did not take anything for granted.

One reason why everyone did not evacuate to high grounds after the earthquake was because inn past earthquakes, people often evacuated and there would be no tsunami. So, many people thought they will be okay and there’s not need to evacuate.

obstacles can, and will be overcome through first of all, proper leadership. Communication is key as the leadership provides accurate and up to date information to the people in our country. An ample amount of funding is an absolute necessity to a successful emergency management preparedness program, and must be a focal point as part of the continuous planning that must take place. Finally, there must effective and efficient implementation of the plan must be in effect, with the process concluding with an evaluation of how the process worked.

A serious earthquake stroke Tokyo and the adjacent areas on September 1st in 1923. According to the scholar Michael Allen, the earthquake took away more than 100,000 people’s lives and caused an immense loss of properties (Allen, 64). I historically called the Great Kanto Earthquake. Since the earthquake occurred at noon and most families were cooking by the time, fires started in many places, leading to even more obstacles in rescuing and causing people to be in great panic.

In Seddon the aftershocks were a lot fewer but there were still 1,700 and only 45 being over magnitude 4. (see image 2). From the earthquake features discussed, we can see that despite the Seddon earthquake having a greater magnitude and similar type of fault movement, it was the fact that the Christchurch earthquake carried a lot more power and force with its initial ground movement and shaking, and its continual aftershocks, that the effects of this earthquake were much worse than the Seddon earthquake.

In the U.S. alone, the average annual cost to repair damage caused by earthquakes is $4.4 billion USD. The worldwide figure is much larger than this but unquantifiable due to poorer countries unable to accurately determine the amount of damage that occurred. Year after year the cost of damages barely fluctuates from these ridiculously high figures and money must be pumped into repairing the damage done. Although a lot is being learnt about earthquakes and the fact that humans are now normally able to be alerted in time to evacuate the area the earthquake will affect, there have been no breakthroughs into reducing the amount of damage earthquakes cause to buildings and infrastructures.