Nepal erathquake

Question 1

When?

Answer 1

25th April 2015 at 12:21pm

Question 2

How high on the Richter scale?

Answer 2

7.8

Question 3

Where was the epicentre and how deep was the focus?

Answer 3

Between Kathmandu and Pokhara

15km deep

Question 4

When was the second earthquake and how bad?

Answer 4

12th May 2015

7.3 on Richter scale

Question 5

How many people effected?

Answer 5

8 million- 1/4 of the population

Question 6

How many injured and killed?

Answer 6

8,00 died

16,800 injured

Question 7

Where were the remote villages that were isolated?

Answer 7

Ghorka region- took days to reach

Question 8

How many children will not have a normal childhood?

Answer 8

1.1 million

Question 9

How many people displaced?

Answer 9

2.8 million

Question 10

How many climbers and sherpas killed in he Himalayas?

Answer 10

18

Question 11

How many houses damaged and destroyed?

Answer 11

500,000 destroyed

269,000 damaged

Question 12

How many years was the country put back?

Answer 12

100

Question 13

What percentage of homes in rural areas were destroyed?

Answer 13

90%

Question 14

Triggered rockfalls and avalanches where?

Answer 14

Himalayas

Question 15

How many people did Oxfam hell with water, toilets, hygiene, food and medical supplies?

Answer 15

Helped 430,000 people

Question 16

How many Red Cross staff helped rescue and evacuate people?

Answer 16

8,000 staff

Question 17

How many tents/ tarpaulins did Red Cross supply?

Answer 17

110

Question 18

How many hygiene kits were supplied by the Red Cross?

Answer 18

38,289 kits

Question 19

How many toilets did the Red Cross supply?

Answer 19

1.315

Question 20

How much money did the UK Government give and what for?

Answer 20

£10 million for health services

£5 million for 30 trauma medics and 60 international responders

Question 21

How many people did the International Medical Corps help with mobile care units?

Answer 21

185,000

Question 22

What did Oxfam and Red Cross educate people on?

Answer 22

Oxfam: Water filtering

Red Cross: trained masons and carpenters for better houses

Question 23

How many cash grants did the Red Cross give?

Answer 23

Have to 50,000 families

Question 24

Red Cross educated how many on health and hygiene?

Answer 24

29,055

Question 25

How much did the British public donate total?

Answer 25

£41 million

Question 26

What did it trigger

Answer 26

an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing 22

The earthquake triggered another huge avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing.

Question 27

What else did it trigger

Answer 27

In the Langtang valley located in Langtang National Park, 329 people were reported missing after an avalanche hit the village of Ghodatabela and the village of Langtang. The avalanche was estimated to have been two to three kilometres wide. Ghodatabela was an area popular on the Langtang trekking route.
The village of Langtang was destroyed by the avalanche.

Question 28

The response

Answer 28

About 90% of soldiers from the Nepalese Army were sent to the stricken areas in the aftermath of the earthquake under Operation Sankat Mochan, with volunteers mobilized from other parts of the country.
Rainfall and aftershocks were factors complicating the rescue efforts, with potential secondary effects like additional landslides and further building collapses being concerns. Impassable roads and damaged communications infrastructure posed substantial challenges to rescue efforts.Survivors were found up to a week after the earthquake