Nepal earthquake case study

Question 1

Magnitude? (nepal)

Answer 1

7.8

Question 2

GDP per capita? (nepal)

Answer 2

$690

Question 3

Plate boundary? (nepal)

Answer 3

Destructive

Question 4

Deaths? (nepal)

Answer 4

9,000

Question 5

Injuries? (nepal)

Answer 5

22,000

Question 6

Buildings destroyed? (nepal)

Answer 6

800,000

Question 7

How many left homeless? (nepal)

Answer 7

4 million

Question 8

how many people without clean water and sanitation? (nepal)

Answer 8

2 million due to water tanks and pipes being destroyed

Question 9

how many killed in avalanche? (nepal)

Answer 9

18

Question 10

what was blocked and prevented emergency aid from reaching remote areas? (nepal)

Answer 10

Mountain roads due to landslide

Question 11

How many people died from typhus? (nepal)

Answer 11

13

Question 12

What did India and china send teams out to help with? (nepal)

Answer 12

To rescue people trapped by debris, although a lack of tools and machinery slowed down rescue efforts

Question 13

How many families did the red cross set up emergency shelters for? (nepal)

Answer 13

130,000

Question 14

What made it hard for people trying to recover the dead? (nepal)

Answer 14

Damaged roads

Question 15

Charities such as Oxfam provided what? (nepal)

Answer 15

Food and temporary water supplies

Question 16

What did the world bank group finance $500 million worth of projects to build? (nepal)

Answer 16

Earthquake-resistant housing, road repair and irrigation systems

Question 17

What didn’t some residence have access to 2 years after? (nepal)

Answer 17

Clean water