CASE STUDY 1: Nepal 2015 Flashcards
What happened in the Nepal earthquake?
it was a 7.9 on the richter scaleand was caused y the Indo-Australian plate colliding with the eurasian plate at a rate of 45 mm per year.
What were the primary effects of the earthquake?
9000 deaths and 20000 injured.
3 million left homeless when homes were destroyed.
7000 schools destroyed.
Cost of damage estimated over 5 billion US dollars.
What were the secondary effects?
Ground shaking triggered landslides and avalanches - blocking roads and preventing relief efforts.
Avalanches on Mount Everest killed at least 19 people.
Landslide blocked the Kali Gandaki river - many people evacuated in case of flooding.
What are some immediate responses?
The UK raised 126 million to provide emergency aid and start rebuilding worst hit areas.
The Red Cross set up temporary shelters for 225000 people.
The UN distributed medical supplies to the worst hit areas.
What are the long term responses?
Stricter building controls in the future.
Tourism sites reopened and tourists started to return.
Locals were trained in how to maintain and repair irrigation equipment that had been damaged in the landslides.
