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MEDC VS LEDC
Kobe, Japan
Sichuan, China
Kobe Earthquake
Sichuan Earthquak
e
Where is Sichuan?
Sichuan is in the South East of China.
It is on the boundary between the
Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate,
on the Longmenshan Fault Line.
EFFECTS
Effects
Death toll approx 69,000
18,000 missing
374,000 injured
At least 5 million homeless
In rural areas such as
Beichuan county near the
epicentre 80% of the
buildings collapsed
5 million buildings
collapsed including schools
Communications disrupted,
roads and phone lines
Landslides blocked rivers
leading to fears of flooding
Cost predicted to be $75
million
Responses
So where is Kobe?
This region is the second most
populated and industrialized area
after Tokyo, with a total population of
about 10 million people.
3 crustal plates meet near Japan,
Philippines, Eurasian and the Pacific
Plates.
Effects
Effects
Responses
Magnitude
Rural or Urban
Size of the population
Quality of buildings
Time of day
MEDC or LEDC
Communication Links
Availability of emergency services
Spread of diseases
Location of the epicentre
Kobe Earthquake
Sichuan
Earthquake