Case Study Evidence
Vulnerability
Natural Processes
Effects
Responses
100
September 4th 2010 & February 22nd 2011
When were the two Canterbury earthquakes?
100
40km West; 10km East of Christchurch
What is the location of the Greendale & Port Hills fault lines?
100
Australian & Pacific
What two tectonic plates border NZ?
100
185
What is the number of deaths from the February earthquake?
100

Red Zone

What did the government name the Eastern Suburbs afterwards due to its risk to liquefaction?

200
Greendale Fault & Port Hills fault
What are the two faults which lie underneath Christchurch?
200
Gothic, English architecture
What style of building was used in early Christchurch?
200
Convergent Boundary
What type of plate boundary does NZ sit on?
200
NZ Army
Who patrolled the central city (CBD) cordon?
200

United States, Australia, Japan & Taiwan

Which countries sent search & rescue teams and equipment to help rescue those trapped in buildings?

300
10,000
How many houses were demolished in the Residential Red Zone?
300
Lack of knowledge about fault lines & earthquake risk
What is disaster preparedness?
300
Convection Currents
What causes tectonic plates to move?
300
Bexley, Dallington, Avonside, Sumner, Kaiapoi
What were the worst affected (Red Zone) suburbs of the earthquakes?
300

13,000 students and 80,000 man ours of assistance

What is the Student Volunteer Army?

400
NZ$40 billion
What is the estimated cost of the two Canterbury earthquakes?
400
CTV (115) & PGC Bulding (18)
What two buildings which collapsed during the February earthquake, killing over 100 people?
400
Oblique
What type of the fault caused the Canterbury earthquakes?
400
70,000
How many people left Christchurch following the earthquakes?
400

$500 Million

What is the amount paid out by AMI insurance for earthquake-related claims?

500

400,000 tonnes

What is the amount of liquefaction that came up to the surface after the earthquakes?

500
50%
What is the percentage of buildings in Christchurch which had to be demolished?
500
Body & Surface
What types of energy waves are produced in an earthquake?
500
Demolition & Construction
What two industries boomed as a result of the earthquakes?
500
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
What is CERA? (organisation set up by the government to deal with the recovery effort)
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