Nepal Earthqake Flashcards
When was the Nepal Earthquake?
25th April 2015
How big was the earthquake?
7.8 on Richter scale
Name 3 primary effects.
From following:
* 8632 people were killed immediately
* 14 500 were left with injuries
* 18 climbers were killed at Mt Everest base camp
* 45 000 classrooms damaged
* Islamic rfelief provided 2500 meals to families
* Oxfam installed a 11 000 L water tank and provided a total of 58 000 L of water
* Landslides killed 2500 people
Name 3 secondary effects.
From following:
* 2.8 million people were made homeless
* Will take a decade to recover financially
* 1.1 million children will be denied access to an education
* Series of aftershocks damaged more buildings and slowed down the responses
* Landslides damaged harvests leading to long term lack of food supplies
* Tourism was reduced due to damage to heritage sites and closing of Everest
Name three short term responses.
From following:
* People dug with their bare hands to try and find loved ones
* Funeral piers set up in the street to dispose of the dead
* Rescue teams with equipment sent from USA, UK, Pakistan, Germany and India
* Disaster emergency committee (DEC) launched appeal and 310 000 people were helped. UK public donated £41 million
* 15000 temporary learning centres installed
Name three long term responses.
From following:
* Asian development bank gave $200 million to help the rebuilding process
* Medical teams remain active and are educating people in how to respond in future
* New national building codes have been created and are starting to be enforced
* Facebook designed a safety check for future disasters to enable people to tell loved ones they are ok
Nepalese soldiers and UK engineers assessed the damaged areas and worked to ensure all buildings that were still stand
