Japan (HIC) + Nepal (LIC) Earthquakes

Question 1

(N) GNI per capita

Answer 1

$2500

Question 2

(N) earthquake details

Answer 2

Destructive (Indian + Eurasian plate colliding)
15km focus
7.8 on Richter scale

Question 3

(N) primary effects

Answer 3

9000 deaths
22,000 injured
600,000 buildings destroyed
Water tanks and pipes destroyed

Question 4

(N) secondary effects

Answer 4

$5b worth of damage
3m homeless
300,000 left Kathmandu
LANDSLIDES - blocked rivers creating dangerous lakes
50% of people living in temporary shelters 2 years later

Question 5

(N) immediate responses

Answer 5

$1b received in aid
Search and rescue teams (from UK, India, China)
Aid workers from Red Cross
500,000 tents from UNICEF

Question 6

(N) long term responses

Answer 6

earthquake drills introduced
$200m in aid
millions of homes rebuilt with stricter building codes
lakes formed behind dammed rivers were drained

Question 7

(J) GNI per capita

Answer 7

$34,000

Question 8

(J) earthquake details

Answer 8

Megathrust - destructive plate margin
30km focus
9.0 Richter scale

Question 9

(J) primary effects

Answer 9

low death/ injury rate and not many buildings damaged as a result of the earthquake due to defences in place

Question 10

(J) secondary effects

Answer 10

tsunami (20 mins after) with waves up to 40m, travelled 10km as flat land
7 nuclear reactor meltdowns (radiation 8x higher)
major roads destroyed

Question 11

(J) immediate responses

Answer 11

3 mins water earthquake, there was a warning on TV for the tsunami
scientists predicted where tsunami would hit so sent rescuers there
100,000 of japan self defence force were dispatched to help
20km evacuation zone
people evacuated into temporary shelters

Question 12

(J) long term responses

Answer 12

$190b spent to recover
coastal protection policy (sea walls would be altered to withstand tsunamis)
13 days later 375km of Tohoku expressway repaired
8 months after 99% water supply restored, 97% of electrical supply