Earthquakes Revision Quiz

Examples of LEDC's are...?

• Italy

• Vanuatu

• Haiti

• Bangladesh

LEDC's suffer badly after earthquakes because?

• poor quality housing, infrastructure, little or no access to clean water and poor health services

• governments don't ask for help from other countries and when they do they take most of the money before it get's to people in need

How many people died in the Haitian earthquake of 2010?

• 3000-4000

• Around 2275

• Between 100,000-316,000, it is hard to know the exact number

• 30,000-40,000

How many people died in the 2011 earthquake in Japan?

• 10,000

• 15,897

• 158, 970

• 568,220

The 2010 Hiatian earthquake was 16 miles from their capital, what is it's name?

• Port-O-Paulo

• Port-au-Prince

• Portsmouth

The magnitude of the Haitian earthquake was what?

• 7

• 7.9

• 9.3

The earthquake near Sendai, Japan was a magnitude of?

• 9

• 7.9

• 5

The biggest problem for the Japanese after their earthquake was?

• The tsunami thay hit the nuclear power plant, Fukushima

• The low cost housing that was damaged

• The broken gas pipes.

Which are secondary effects of earthquakes?

• tsunami

• gas leaks

• land splitting

• contamination of clean water

• fire

What are some primary effects of an earthquake?

• land splitting

• ground shaking

• tsunami

• buildings collapsing