nepal Flashcards
where
nepal gorka earthquake
when?
april 2015
magnitude
7.9 (highest in 80 yeras)
duration
50 seconds
eipceneter
80km north west of kathumandu
plate bounry?
collision
which plates are meeting?
indian and the erasian plate thease plates grind against each other and build pressure
what type of crust do both the plates have?
continetal
houses destoryed?
602,000
cost?
$5 billion USD
liquifaction?
depdning on soil water contenet, can be a big problem
what happned?
slip along the main frontal thrust of the collision zone
how many aftershocks?
51
landslides?
many landslides casues inclduing on on evrest which killed 18 people
dead?
8,960
injusred?
17,000
GNI per capita
$730
shallow or deep foucus?
shallow
what made the impact worse?
rapid urbanisation that ment houses had to be built at a high denstry and low quality
what has the constant crashing of the indian and eurasain plate caused?
hymlain mountain range
what geographical factor incraeses risk?
structure of vallys, incraese siesmic risk as waves pass through this material they are amplfied
social impact
-1.7 mil ppl had to be driven out into the open
-people were sleeping outside and this was dangrous when temprtures dropped
-food shoratges
economic impact
-completly lost harvest
-old buildings and heritage sites destroyed
-thounsdands of homes having to be rebuilt
-estimated loss of around 9-50% of GDP
Short term loss in torist industry
political impcat
-already politically unstable
-delayed its progress towards peace and further democracy
-international aid caused tension within india as they got accused of trying to use it as self promotion
