Kashmir Earthquake, Pakistan (2005)

Question 1

General facts

Answer 1

• very poor
• area of conflict
• badly constructed infrastructure

Question 2

What happened?

Answer 2

• 7.6 magnitude earthquake

- caused by movement along a crack in the plate at a destructive margin

Question 3

Primary impacts

Answer 3

• 80,000 deaths, mostly from collapsed buildings
• hundreds of thousands injured
• entire villages destroyed
• 3 million made homeless
• water pipelines and electricity lines broken, cutting off supply

Question 4

Secondary impacts

Answer 4

• landslides buried people and buildings as well as blocking roads
• diseases and diarrhoea spread due to lack of clean water and hygiene
• freezing winter conditions shortly after the EQ caused more deaths and delayed search and rescue

Question 5

Short-term reponses

Answer 5

-help didn’t reach many areas for days to weeks
+tents, blankets and medical supplies were distributed (-but not to all areas affected)
+international aid and equipment was brought in (helicopters, rescue dogs), and teams from other countries

Question 6

Long-term responses

Answer 6

+around 40,000 people have been relocated to a new town from the destroyed town of Balakot
+government money has been given to people to rebuild their homes
+training provided to help rebuild other buildings to be earthquake-resistant
+new health centres set up in the area