Tectonics Flashcards
What is a natural hazard?
A naturally occurring process or event that has the potential to affect people.
What is a natural disaster?
A major natural hazard that causes significant social, environmental and economic damage.
What does vulnerability mean?
The ability to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from a natural hazard.
3 facts about the Nepal earthquake
(magnitude, when, where)
7.8 magnitude
April 2015
80 km northwest of Kathmandu
How many people were killed, injured and left homeless after the Nepal earthquake?
8633 killed
21000 injured
3 million homeless
What benefit did the time of the N earthquake have?
It was at midday, when most people were act work (in the fields) which reduced the death toll.
Why is Nepal vulnerable? (economically)
It’s one of the world’s poorest (in 2016, it was 197th in a world ranking of GDP per capita, out of 229 countries), so the Nepalese were unprepared for the earthquake.
True or False
Infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and safe water supplies) was severely damaged or destroyed in the area of the earthquake.
True
Much of the infrastructure was weak and poorly constructed.
How many aftershocks did Nepal experience? What effect did they have?
Over 100 which caused further destruction and deaths and made the rescue work very dangerous.
What mountain range is in Nepal? What effect did this have?
Himalayas - the earthquake created landslides, which devastated many rural areas and cut them off. This made rescue and aid efforts very difficult.
