japan and nepal case study

Question 1

japan date

Answer 1

march 2011

Question 2

nepal date

Answer 2

april 2015

Question 3

japan magnitutde

Answer 3

9.0

Question 4

nepal magnitude

Answer 4

7.9

Question 5

tsunami wave height

Answer 5

10m

Question 6

japan number of tsunamis

Answer 6

10

Question 7

japan plates involved

Answer 7

north american and pacific

Question 8

nepal plates involved

Answer 8

indo aus and eurasian

Question 9

nepal focus

Answer 9

15km

Question 10

4 nepal primary impacts

Answer 10

9000 deaths
20 000 injured
8 000 000 affected
50% shops destroyed

Question 11

3 nepal secondary impacts

Answer 11

landslide
avalanche
19 deaths

Question 12

3 primary impacts japan

Answer 12

dam closure
4 000 000 no electricity
less initial deaths

Question 13

5 japan secondary effects

Answer 13

10 tsunamis up to 10m
18000 deaths
50 000 homeless
nuclear power plant explosions
infrastructure damage

Question 14

short terms responses

Answer 14

search and rescue
emergency shelters / hospitals
migration/ evacuation

Question 15

main reasons for destruction for each earthquake (social, economic, etc)

Answer 15

japan: environmental
nepal: economic

Question 16

3 japan long term responses

Answer 16

reconstruction plan
$150 billion budget
upgraded warning systems

Question 17

3 nepal long term responses

Answer 17

new risk reduction policy
$700 millions for housing restoration
unesco restore attractions