Nepal Earthquake case study Flashcards
1
Q
What are four primary effects of the Nepal earthquake?
A
- World Heritage sites destroyed, including Royal Palaces
- 50% of Nepal’s schools closed
- 26 hospitals destroyed
- 9000 died, 20,000 injured
2
Q
When was the earthquake?
A
2015
3
Q
What are four secondary effects of the earthquake?
A
- education of over 1 million children affected
- landslides blocked roads
- avalanches at base camp at Mount Everest, 19 killed
- $5 billion damage
4
Q
Where was the epicentre?
What was the focus?
Where was the earthquake felt?
What was it on the Richter Scale?
A
- 80km northwest of Kathmandu
- 200km west of Mount Everest
- 15km below the surface
- tremors felt as far as Southern India
- 7.9
5
Q
What are four immediate responses?
A
- half a million tents provided for the homeless
- 300,000 migrated from Kathmandu
- search and rescue from UK, China and India
- field hospitals to support overcrowded main hospitals
6
Q
What are four long-term responses?
A
- over 7000 built
- stricter controls on building codes
- by July 2015, some World Heritage Sites had reopened
- hosted an international conference to discuss reconstruction and help from other countries
