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Cause of the Kashmir earthquake | thrust fault along Indus Kohistan Seismic Zone (continent-continent collision between Indo-Australian and Eurasian Plates)
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Date of the Kashmir earthquake | 8 October 2005
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Magnitude of the Kashmir earthquake | 7.6
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Epicentre and depth of the Kashmir earthquake | close to town of Muzaffarabad, 10km deep
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No. of deaths from the Kashmir earthquake | over 100,000
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No. of people displaced by the Kashmir earthquake | 3 million
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Cost of the Kashmir earthquake | US$5 billion
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Cause of the Haiti earthquake | Enriquillo Fault (strike slip fault), which marks northern edge of Caribbean Plate
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Date of the Haiti earthquake | 12 January 2010
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Magnitude of the Haiti earthquake | 7.0
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Epicentre and depth of the Haiti earthquake | Leogane (15km south-west of Port-au-Prince), 13km deep
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No. of deaths from the Haiti earthquake | over 300,000
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No. of people displaced by the Haiti earthquake | 2.3 million
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Cost of the Haiti earthquake | US$7.8 billion (120% of Haiti’s GDP)
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Cause of the Sendai earthquake | subduction of Pacific Plate (oceanic) below Okhotsk Plate (continental) - movement of 10m over a 400km length of fault
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Date of the Sendai earthquake | 11 March 2011
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Magnitude of the Sendai earthquake | 9.0
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Epicentre and depth of the Sendai earthquake | 72km off coast of Sendai, 24km deep
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No. of deaths from the Sendai earthquake | around 20,000
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No. of people displaced by the Sendai earthquake | 340,000
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Cost of the Sendai earthquake | over $300 billion
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Cause of Montserrat volcanic activity | subduction of North American Plate beneath Caribbean Plate (both oceanic)
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Date of Montserrat volcanic activity | started in July 1995, peaked in 1997
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No. of deaths from Montserrat volcanic activity | 19 killed in 1997, when volcanic activity peaked
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Decrease in Montserrat’s population | from over 10,500 in 1990 to 6,400 in 2000
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Cause of Eyjafjallajökull eruption | Iceland sits astride Mid Atlantic Ridge – divergent plate boundary between North American and Eurasian Plates
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Date of Eyjafjallajökull eruption | April 14th – May 2010
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