Nepal earthquake 2015

Question 1

What date did it occur?

Answer 1

25th April 2015

Question 2

Where did it happen?

Answer 2

60km Northwest of Kathmandu

Question 3

What was the magnitude?

Answer 3

7.9

Question 4

What areas were affected?

Answer 4

Kathmandu, parts of India and Bangladesh

Question 5

Unique features

Answer 5

Flooding affecting 8 million, landslides,

Question 6

How many fatalities?

Answer 6

9,000

Question 7

How many injuries?

Answer 7

20,000 (100,000 including injuries from all effects.

Question 8

How many houses were destroyed?

Answer 8

Over 500,000

Question 9

How many houses damaged?

Answer 9

269,000

Question 10

What important buildings were destroyed?

Answer 10

Historical monuments

Question 11

How many aftershocks??

Answer 11

300+

Question 12

Was there an avalanche?

Answer 12

Yes on Mount Everest and it killed 19

Question 13

What was the estimated damage?

Answer 13

7.1 billion dollars

Question 14

What landlide occured?

Answer 14

The Langtang landslide killing 250

Question 15

How many people were made homeless?

Answer 15

Hundreds of thousands.

Question 16

What features about the countries geographical position were interesting?

Answer 16

Nepal is landlocked making the accessablity more difficult as well as cutting off sea born trade.

Question 17

How many evacuations were made?

Answer 17

30,000

Question 18

What did the uk offer Nepal

Answer 18

Over 100 search and rescue responders

Question 19

What did NGOS do?

Answer 19

brought supplies (food, water and medical supplies)

Question 20

What did search and rescue teams do about the accessability problem?

Answer 20

They took supplies to remote areas and dropped them off via helicopters as roads were cut off/ destroyed

Question 21

What international aid was given (money)?

Answer 21

Over 1 billion dollars provided by India and China

Question 22

What did red cross offer?

Answer 22

Aid workers

Question 23

How much did the Asian bank donate to Nepal?

Answer 23

203 million dollars

Question 24

What was tent city?

Answer 24

Temporary housing in the form of tents built by the army to provide shelter for the homeless.

Question 25

Did zoning play a part?

Answer 25

Yes areas were zoned to assess damage however not with any kind of system like New Zealand had.

Question 26

What changed in schools?

Answer 26

Evacuation drills were taught

Question 27

How much did the UK donate?

Answer 27

£73 million

Question 28

What human factors made nepal more at high risk?

Answer 28

High population density, poverty, old and poorly constructed buildings, and extensive government corruption

Question 29

What were responses like?

Answer 29

Overall very unplanned and most of the aid came internationally and due to lack of accessability this took longer for the sites to be reached.

Question 30

Were there evacuation plans in place?

Answer 30

No these evacuations were made by oxfam.W

Question 31

What is earthquake frequency like in nepal?

Answer 31

Hundreds of earthquakes over magnitude 4 happen each year making prediction difficult as well as changing peoples perception.

Question 32

Is nepal a Lic or Hic

Answer 32

LIC