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Use this framework to structure any tectonic hazard answer, especially comparisons between two countries:
C — Context and Causes — What type of plate margin? Why does the hazard occur here? (Chile: Nazca subducting beneath South American Plate. Nepal: Indian colliding with Eurasian Plate.)
L — Location details — Where exactly? Magnitude? Depth of focus? Urban or rural? Proximity to coast (tsunami risk)?
E — Effects (primary and secondary) — Immediate: deaths, buildings destroyed, infrastructure damage. Delayed: fires, disease, economic disruption, landslides, aftershocks.
V — Vulnerability factors — Why was this place more or less able to cope? Building quality, wealth, terrain, governance, population density.
E — Emergency response — How quickly did help arrive? What were the barriers? National vs international response?
R — Rebuilding and recovery — How long did it take? Was it effective? What was improved for the future?
For plate margin types, use: D.C.C.
- Destructive — subduction — earthquakes AND volcanoes (Chile)
- Collision — crumpling — earthquakes ONLY (Nepal / Himalayas)
- Conservative — sliding — earthquakes ONLY (San Andreas Fault)
- (Constructive — pulling apart — mild earthquakes + shield volcanoes)
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