Assess the view that the social and economic impacts of earthquakes are mainly the result of their magnitude.
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Assess the view that the social and economic impacts of earthquakes are mainly the result of their magnitude.
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Study Figure 1 in the Resource Booklet.
Year | Location | Deaths recorded |
1979 | Colombia | 600 |
1991 | Costa Rica | 2 |
1992 | Nicaragua | 170 |
1995 | Mexico | 1 |
1996 | Peru | 12 |
2001 | Peru | 26 |
2007 | Chile | 10 |
2007 | Peru | 3 |
2010 | Chile | 156 |
2015 | Chile | 8 |
Summary Statistics | |
Number of tsunami events | 10 |
Deaths recorded | 988 |
Mean |
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Median |
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Interquartile range |
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Figure 1
The number of deaths resulting from tsunami events, Eastern Pacific 1979 - 2015
This is part of an investigation into the spatial impacts of tsunami events
i)
Calculate the mean number of deaths recorded.
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Mean = ...........................................
ii)
Calculate the median number of deaths recorded.
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Median = ..........................................................
iii)
Calculate the interquartile range for the number of deaths recorded. You must show your working.
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Interquartile range = .....................................................
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