Geography P1 - Natural Hazards

Question 2

Nepal Earthquake:

Primary impacts:

• ……………..killed and …………….injured.
• ………………affected (…….. of Nepal’s population).
• ……………….left homeless
• ………………. schools destroyed - affecting ………………..education, and …….% of all shops were destroyed= food and supply shortages
• Power, water and communications severely affected
• ……….million were urgently in need of food, water and shelter
• Cost of damage = $…..billion
• Many historical landsites + landmarks damaged/destroyed

Answer 2

• 9000 killed and 20,000 injured
• 8 million affected (1/3 of Nepal’s pop)
• 3 million left homeless
• 7000 schools destroyed - affecting 1 million’s education and 50% of all shops = destroyed
• 1.4 million urgently in need of food, water and shelter
• $5 billion in damage

Question 3

Nepal Earthquake:

Secondary Impacts:

Answer 3

• Landslides + avalanches = widespread damage to infrastructure
• Avalanches on Mount Everest killed 19 + hundreds missing
• Landslides blocked rivers, e.g River Kali Gondaki and many evacuated

Question 4

Japan Earthquake:

Date:
Location:
Magnitude:
After:
GDP:

Answer 4

2011

Tohoku

9 - most powerful recorded earthquake in Japan’s history + costliest natural disaster in history

Huge tsunami + nuclear meltdown in Fukushima

Nearly 5 trillion