Government Aid Yet to be Distributed
According to an article by Reuters, the Nepali government has yet to spend the roughly 4 billion dollars of donated relief money. Rather than diving straight into reconstruction, they’ve attempted to first make changes which they believe will create greater stability in the long run. However, this has come at the cost of delaying aid […]
Earthquake Summary
Details Source Magnitude (Mw) 5.9 INGV Magnitude (Mw) 6.0 USGS Date and time 20/05/2012 – 02:03:52 (UTC) INGV Epicentral coordinates Lat: 44.89°N – Long: 11.23°E INGV Depth (km) 6.3 INGV Focal mechanism of main shock Reverse fault INGV Sequence of aftershocks (i) 60 hours after the main event, there have been 2 events with […]
Chilean Schools Prepared for Earthquake
Initial Cost Estimates
“Fifty-eight people were reported killed and more than 900 were injured in the quakes. The Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency estimated that more than 3,900 residences and 120 nonresidential buildings were damaged or destroyed. The quakes damaged highways, rail lines, bridges and other infrastructure, causing short-term disruption of airline and train service. There also were “significant” supply […]
Shelter Conditions
Due to the number of displaced people from the Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan has to build more shelters. People are displaced due to collapsed houses and due to lack of utilities in areas. Many individuals were living in their cars, but due to the large number of aftershocks, that option is no longer safe. The shelters […]
Initial Cost Estimates
According to the latest reports from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Ecuador last week, there have been 654 deaths, 16,600 injures, 25,000 people in need of shelter, and 130 people still missing. Eighty percent of Pedernales, the coastal epicenter of the quake, is in ruins, and close to 7,000 buildings across the country have been […]
Impacts on Schools and Children
Update October 6, 2017 Mexico City, Puebla y Morelos (Source: UNICEF) 5,287 schools have been certified as safe and are operating normally in Mexico City. This represents 57% of all schools in the city: 4,000 schools remain closed. Restrictions to return to school are maintained in Tlahuac and specific neighbourhoods of Iztapalapa and Xochimilco. (Source: […]
Mexico City Water Infrastructure, Relief, & Politics
As Mexico City continues to recover from the September 19th earthquake, certain areas surrounding the city report that they are still suffering from limited access to potable water — some for as long as three weeks after the September 7th earthquake. While the lack of a modern, centralized water distribution system is also at play, the residents […]
Insured Losses Estimated to be Less than US$1.2 Billion
September 25, 2017 – “Following the Puebla Earthquake which hit Central Mexico on September 19, 2017, RMS has made preliminary estimates of losses. Economic shake losses will be between US$4 billion and $8 billion. This is based on current building damage information from the Mexican authorities. RMS has also analyzed data on ground motion, and […]
Social Impacts, September 25, 2017
Figure 1. “The Government of Mexico (GoM) continues to coordinate a response to the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck central Mexico on September 19, resulting in at least 325 deaths, injuring more than 4,800 people, and damaging more than 41,700 buildings in Mexico, Morelos, and Puebla states. The majority of casualties occurred […]