Nepal vs Chile

Question 1

Where was the Nepal earthquake?
What was it?
What year did it happen?

Answer 1

Kathmandu, Nepal, Southern Asia
7.9 magnitude earthquake in an LIC
2015

Question 2

Where was the Chile earthquake?
What was it?
What year did it happen?

Answer 2

South America
8.8 magnitude earthquake in a middle income country
2010

Question 3

What plates caused the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 3

Collision of Indian plate with Eurasian plate

Question 4

What plates caused the Chile earthquake?

Answer 4

Nazca played subducting under the South American plate

Question 5

What are the primary effects of the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 5

-9,000 deaths
-7,000 schools destroyed
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Question 6

What are the secondary effects of the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 6

-$5Bn of repairs
-Landslides and avalanches in the Himalayas killed 19 people

Question 7

What were the primary effects of the Chile earthquake?

Answer 7

-500 deaths
-4,500 schools destroyed
-Electric and water cut off, no communications
-Santiago airport badly damaged

Question 8

What were the secondary effects of the Chile earthquake?

Answer 8

-$30Bn of repairs
-Tsunami along west coast damaging villages

Question 9

What were the immediate and long term responses to the Nepal earthquake?

Answer 9

IMMEDIATE:
-Reliant in emergency aid from UK, India and China eg. Oxfam
-Field hospitals set up as hospitals overwhelmed
300,000 evacuated Kathmandu
LONG TERM:
-Homes and schools rebuilt with stricter building controls
-international conference to seek technical and financial support.

Question 10

What were the immediate and long term responses to the Chile earthquake?

Answer 10

IMMEDIATE:
-Emergency services acted fast
-Power and water restored to 90% homes within 10 days
30,000 emergency wooden shelters
LONG TERM:
-No foreign aid required
-Government reconstruction plan to help 200,000 households
-full recovery within 4 years.

Question 11

How many doctors per 100 people are there in each?

Answer 11

Nepal: 0.06
Chile: 1.09

Question 12

What is the population density for each?

Answer 12

Chile: 24people per km squared
Nepal: 201 people per km squared

Question 13

Which was closer to their capital city? How far away was the epicentre?

Answer 13

Nepal: epicentre 50km away from Kathmandu

Question 14

GNI per capita for each

Answer 14

Nepal: 970 dollars
Chile: 14000 dollars

Question 15

What was Chili’s ranked GDP?

Answer 15

38th

Question 16

Ultimately, why were chile able to deal with the earthquake better than Nepal?

Answer 16

Chi whopper pride experienced and wealthy enough for rapid and effective response whereas Nepal response was hindered by by poverty and independent overseas countries to provide aid.