1.13 - Nepal

Question 1

When did the earthquake happen?

Answer 1

2015

Question 2

What was the magnitude of the earthquake?

Answer 2

7.8Mw

Question 3

How many people died in the earthquake?

Answer 3

9000

Question 4

How many injuries were reported?

Answer 4

22000

Question 5

Where did avalanches take place?

Answer 5

Mt Everest and the Langtang Valley
- 21 killed
- 250 missing

Question 6

What is the literacy rate in Nepal?

Answer 6

71% of men and 44% of women are literate

Question 7

What is peculiar about Nepalese housing?

Answer 7

Most Nepalese share inherited property, houses are thin and are split vertically

Question 8

What is the housing situation in Kathmandu?

Answer 8

5 million people are:
- crammed in shoddy concrete buildings
- living in alleyways
- houses on hillsides

Question 9

How many schools were destroyed in the earthquake?

Answer 9

6000

Question 10

How easy is healthcare to access?

Answer 10

Difficult in rural areas
- 3 hours walk through mountains
- medicine is not free
- TB patients may need specialist treatment in Kathmandu if they develop Multi Drug-Resistant TB.

Question 11

Why is there unequal income in Nepal?

Answer 11

• Caste system prefers certain people throughout education and job selection

Question 12

What are the repercussions of unequal opportunities?

Answer 12

• Dalits and Janajati caste Hindus live in stone/mud houses that collapse due to tremors
• Higher caste live in concrete housing, 80% of these survive

Question 13

How could have the effects of the earthquake been reduced?

Answer 13

• Authorities were aware of the geological conditions
• Aseismic architecture could have been pushed by the government for mass adoption
• stronger regulations to prevent shoddy housing being built due to pressures of urbanisation could have been implemented