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A Case Study Example

A Case Study Example. The Sichuan Earthquake, China. Mark Scheme. You will be awarded grades based on your investigation skills within Geography. Merits will also be available for the most detailed and colourful powerpoint slides. Investigation skills IN geography.

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A Case Study Example

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  1. A Case Study Example The Sichuan Earthquake, China

  2. Mark Scheme • You will be awarded grades based on your investigation skills within Geography. • Merits will also be available for the most detailed and colourful powerpoint slides.

  3. Investigation skills IN geography

  4. BBC WebsiteSpecial Report IMAGES of China earthquake Video – One Year Anniversary

  5. Details of The Sichuan Earthquake • The Sichuan Earthquake occurred on the 12th May, 2008. • It happened at 2.28 pm (Beijing Time) which is 6.28 am (GMT). • Location: Wen-chuan County, Sichuan Province, which is 92 km to the north-west of Chengdu City. • Magnitude: 7.8 on Richter scale . • At least 50,000 people died. • It is the 21st deadliest earthquake ever. • 69,181 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured. Wen-chuan County, Sichuan Province. The worst hit place.

  6. The Cause of the Earthquake The earthquake occurred 92 km northwest of the city of Chengdu in eastern Sichuan province and over 1500 km from Beijing, where it was also strongly felt. Earthquakes of this size have the potential to cause extensive damage and loss of life. The epicenter was in the mountains of the Eastern Margin of Qing-Tibet Plateau at the northwest margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake occurred as a result of motion on a northeast striking thrust fault that runs along the margin of the basin. The seismicity of central and eastern Asia is caused by the northward movement of the India plate at a rate of 5 cm/year and its collision with Eurasia, resulting in the uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan plateaux and associated earthquake activity. This deformation also results in the extrusion of crustal material from the high Tibetan Plateaux in the west towards the Sichuan Basin and southeastern China. China frequently suffers large and deadly earthquakes. In August 1933, the magnitude 7.5 Diexi earthquake, about 90 km northeast of today's earthquake, destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and caused many landslides, some of which dammed the rivers.

  7. The Social Effects • People were left homeless for months. • People moved away because they were physiological damaged. • Friends and family died so people were devastated from tragic loss. • Between 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1, were recorded within 72 hours of the main quake. According to Chinese official counts, "by 12:00 CST, November 6, 2008 there had been 42,719 total aftershocks, of which 246 ranged from 4.0 MS to 4.9 MS, 34 from 5.0 MS to 5.9 MS, and 8 from 6.0 Ms to 6.4 MS; the strongest aftershock measured 6.4 MS.“ The latest aftershock exceeding M6 occurred on August 5, 2008. • (The Ms 6.1 earthquake on August 30, 2008 in southern Sichuan province was not part of this series because it was caused by a different fault. See 2008 Panzhihua earthquake for details.)

  8. Physical Effects • Roads damaged • Buildings demolished • 69,181 known deaths including 68,636 in Sichuan province; 18,498 people are listed as missing, and 374,176 injured. • Physiological effects on most people as they are constantly worrying about another earthquake coming. • Schools damaged.

  9. Economic Effects • How much money’s worth of damage was done • How much will need to be spent?

  10. Human Responses Short Term Instantly people who weren’t injured they went to help others who were injured. Long Term People from America and Britain etc in the forces went to help too.

  11. Solutions to the Earthquake

  12. Other Interesting Info regarding Earthquakes • The most recent earthquake • The most powerful earthquakes • The most devestating earthquake of all time • Earthquakes in the UK? • How do earthquakes casue Tsunamis? • Other

  13. Useful Weblinks • Seismic Scale • Earthquake Locator • Most Recent Earthquake Locations • Chile Earthquake • Why do earthquakes happen?

  14. Games to finish! Click on the links below to try your hand at protecting San Francisco from an earthquake: • New Bridge Bay • Build an earthquake proof city • Earthquake Interactive Activity • Quake Quiz • Emergency!

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