✅Case Study - Nepal 2015

Question 1

When did the earthquake occur?

Answer 1

12:21pm on 25th April 2015

Question 2

How long did the earthquake last for?

Answer 2

2 minutes

Question 3

Where on the Richter scale was the earthquake?

Answer 3

7.9

Question 4

Where was the epicentre?

Answer 4

Between the capital, Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara

Question 5

What were the immediate effects?

Answer 5

Buildings collapsed due to poor construction and lack of foundations

Question 6

What did the earthquake trigger in the Himalayas?

Answer 6

Avalanches and rockfalls

Question 7

How many climbers and sherpas were killed at Everest base camp?

Answer 7

18

Question 8

In what season did the earthquake occur?

Answer 8

The main tourist season, and people from all over the world were killed

Question 9

How many people died?

Answer 9

8000

Question 10

How many were injured?

Answer 10

14500

Question 11

How many were made homeless?

Answer 11

2.8 million

Question 12

What happened to the villages of the Ghorka region?

Answer 12

They were completely cut off as communications and roads were damaged

Question 13

What happened to the dead?

Answer 13

They were cremated in funeral pyres

Question 14

What happened to casualties?

Answer 14

They were carried to hospitals or treated in the streetes

Question 15

What happened in terms of aftershocks?

Answer 15

There were several on the Saturday night, up to 6.9 on the Richter scale.

Question 16

How far was the country estimated to have been put back?

Answer 16

100 years

Question 17

What was requested by the Nepalese government?

Answer 17

Outside assisstance

Question 18

Which countries sent aid initially?

Answer 18

US, UK, Pakistan and India

Question 19

How were dogs used in the rescue?

Answer 19

To seek out the missing, as well as using heat cameras

Question 20

What aid was delivered?

Answer 20

Water and water purification tablets, tents, blankets, solar lights and medical aid

Question 21

Which aid agencies were already int the country?

Answer 21

Oxfam and the UN

Question 22

Why were there aid agencies already in the country?

Answer 22

Due to its extreme poverty

Question 23

What happened to the international airport?

Answer 23

The only one in the country, in Kathmandu, was damaged, so getting aid in was difficult

Question 24

What was broadcast on 28th April?

Answer 24

A Disaster Emergency Committee appeal

Question 25

How much did the British public give?

Answer 25

£41 million

Question 26

How many people were helped in the first two weeks thanks to the DEC appeal?

Answer 26

310,000

Question 27

How many hygiene kits did Christian Aid distribute?

Answer 27

10,000 for 50,000 people

Question 28

How did Islamic Relief respond?

Answer 28

By distributing food for 2,500 people

Question 29

How did Oxfam respond?

Answer 29

By installing an 11,000 litre tank and 58,000 litres of drinking water

Question 30

What happened on May 12th?

Answer 30

A second earthquake of 7.3 on the Richter scale

Question 31

What were the concerns in early May?

Answer 31

That a cholera outbreak would occur

Question 32

How long was it estimated that Nepal would take to recover?

Answer 32

A decade

Question 33

How many children would be deprived of a normal childhood due to the earthquake?

Answer 33

1.1 million

Question 34

What did the UN set up to aid children?

Answer 34

Temporary schools using the 'education in a box' resources

Question 35

How was tourism affected?

Answer 35

The infrastructure needed to get climbers up to Mount Everest was severely damaged with roads and air strips needing reconstruction

Question 36

What was happening 2 weeks before the earthquake in Kathmandu?

Answer 36

Experts were trying to help Nepal to prepare for its ext big earthquake, which was expected

Question 37

How long had it been since the previous large event?

Answer 37

80 years

Question 38

Why was there a lack of urgency in Nepal before the earthquake?

Answer 38

Due to a lack of recent earthquake activity and little knowledge of the potential damage

Question 39

How many classrooms were damaged or destroyed?

Answer 39

45,000

Question 40

How many temporary learning centres were set up?

Answer 40

15,000

Question 41

How did Facebook respond?

Answer 41

By creating a 'safety check' allowing families to mark themselves as 'safe'

Question 42

How much did the Asian Development Bank pledge?

Answer 42

$200 million to help reconstruct buildings and help nation's rehabilitation

Question 43

Where does Nepal rank in terms of wealth?

Answer 43

157th in the World