TECTONIC CASE STUDIES - NEPAL EARTHQUAKE - DEVELOPING COUNTRY

Question 1

LOCATION

Answer 1

SOUTHERN ASIA

NORTH EAST OF INDIA

NORTH WEST OF THAILAND

BORDERS CHINA IN THE NORTH AND ARABIAN SEA ON THE SOUTH WEST

Question 2

WHEN ?

Answer 2

25 / 4/ 15

Question 3

FACTS

Answer 3

9,000 DEATHS
22,000 INJURED
IX MERCALLI SCALE = MAXIMUM
MOMENT MAG SCALE = 7.8 MAGNITUDE
DESTROYED - 130,000 HOUSES

Question 4

EPICENTRE

Answer 4

LESS THAN 50 MILES NW OF KATHANDU (CAPITAL)

SHALLOW SOURCE (11KM BELOW GROUND) = CONTRIBUTED TO ITS STREGNTH AND DAMAGES

Question 5

IMPACTS

Answer 5

NO SCHOOL FOR 1 MILLION

DAMAGES = NEARLY 1,000 HOSPITALS/CLINICS DAMAGED

INTO POVERTY = 700,000 PEOPLE

HUMANITARIAN AID = ALMOST 4 BILLION PEOPLE

RECONSTRUCTION = $6.6 BILLION

MOUNT EVEREST AVALANCHE TRIGGERED = 21 DEATHS

Question 6

RESPONSES

Answer 6

BANGLADESH AIRCRAFT DISPATCHED = 10 TONNES OF RELIEF MATERIALS EG TENTS, FOOD AND WATER

OXFAM = WATER AND SANITATION PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT, TEMPORARY SHELTERS, EMERGENCY LATRINES

UK = $31 MILLION DONATION

330 HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES = 2200 HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES