EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES
Earthquake effects can be devastating.
Buildings kill people not the earthquake.
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS depend on:-
- 1. Magnitude of earthquake
2. distance from epicentre
3. structural integrity and type of building construction
4. population density, building density and time of day - more people and buildings mean greater damage
5.liquefaction
6.landslides
7. aftershocks, fires can destroy environment - loss of vegetation and habitat.
8.MOST DAMAGE AND COLLAPSE OF STRUCTURES due to buildings being deformed because of BASE SHEAR =>THE SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT OF BUILDINGS.
- $$$$$$$$--------- ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES -------$$$$$$$$
- Fires, gas leaks
- Disease, no clean water
- loss of trade and manufacture of products
- building damage
- loss of life
- reconstruction of society back to pre-earthquake level will take a lot of time and affect business and trade