Earthquake - Nepal and Chile

Question 1

Chile’s GDP?

Answer 1

38th of 193 countries

Question 2

Why does Chile have such a high GDP?

Answer 2

Located on coast
Copper industry (Many copper exports)

Question 3

Where is Chile located?

Answer 3

West of South America

Question 4

When was Chile’s earthquake?

Answer 4

2010

Question 5

What type of plate boundary is Chile on?

Answer 5

Destructive

Question 6

Magnitude of Chile’s earthquake?

Answer 6

8.8R

Question 7

How many killed in Chile?

Answer 7

500

Question 8

How many hospitals damaged in Chile?

Answer 8

56

Question 9

How many schools destroyed in Chile?

Answer 9

4500

Question 10

How many homes destroyed in Chile?

Answer 10

220,000

Question 11

What was the economic cost in Chile?

Answer 11

$30 billion

Question 12

Why did it cost more in Chile?

Answer 12

More expensive to repair (better housing, infrastructure, broadband)

Question 13

How many roads damaged in Chile?

Answer 13

1500km - cut off remote communities

Question 14

What was Chile’s national appeal?

Answer 14

Raise $60 million to build 30,000 shelters

Question 15

Which road was repaired within 24 hours in Chile? What was the impact?

Answer 15

Route 5 North-South highway - allowed aid to be rapidly transported from Santiago

Question 16

Within how many days was power and water restored and to what % of the population?

Answer 16

Within 10 days, power and water restored to 90% of homes

Question 17

Did Chile need international aid to rebuild its economy? Why/ why not?

Answer 17

No - able to rebuild using money from Copper exports alone

Question 18

What did Chile’s government do 1 month after the earthquake hit?

Answer 18

Launched housing reconstruction plan to help nearly 200,000 homes

Question 19

What is Nepal’s GDP?

Answer 19

109th out of 193 countries

Question 20

what is Nepal’s main source of income?

Answer 20

Tourism industry

Question 21

Where is Nepal located?

Answer 21

North East India, Asia

Question 22

When was Nepal’s earthquake?

Answer 22

2015

Question 23

What plate boundary is Nepal on?

Answer 23

Collision plate boundary

Question 24

What was the magnitude of Nepal’s earthquake?

Answer 24

7.9R

Question 25

How many people killed in Nepal?

Answer 25

9000

Question 26

How many hospitals destroyed in Nepal?

Answer 26

26

Question 27

How many schools destroyed in Nepal?

Answer 27

7000 (accounts to 50% of Nepal’s schools)

Question 28

How many people in Nepal were left homeless?

Answer 28

3 million

Question 29

How much did the damage cost in Nepal?

Answer 29

$5 billion (even though this was 6x lower than in Chile, Nepal still struggled with a lower income, and were forced to seek foreign aid)

Question 30

Which industry is Chile was affected?

Answer 30

Tourism - hostels and hospitals received many cancellations

Question 31

Which industry in Nepal was affected?

Answer 31

shopping industry - 50% of shops destroyed

rice stored in homes was ruined

Question 32

How many people migrated from Kathmandu in Nepal?

Answer 32

300,000 (Chile was able to provide support so people didn’t need to relocate)

Question 33

Was Nepal’s response mainly from national or international sources?

Answer 33

international

Question 34

How many tents needed for shelter in Nepal?

Answer 34

1/2 million tents

Question 35

What happened in June 2015, as a response to the earthquake in Nepal?

Answer 35

Nepal hosted international conference to discuss reconstruction and seek financial aid from other countries

Question 36

How many schools needed to be rebuilt in nepal?

Answer 36

over 7000