Hazardous Earth Kashmir Earthquake Case Study
- Created by: Eleanor_kittle
- Created on: 03-02-19 13:31
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- Kashmir
- 780,000 buildings were destroyed and damaged
- 17,000 school buildings
- Major hospitals close to the epicentre were destroye-d
- 250,000 farm animals dies
- 500,000 people affected
- Epicentre located 19km North Northeast of the capital city
- 138,000 injured
- 3,000,000 people made homeless
- 100,000 deaths
- Mostly from collapsed buildings
- No local disaster planning
- Poor Infrastructure- not earthquake resistant
- Broken water pipes
- Broken electricity lines
- Electricity supply cut off
- Poor communicati-on
- Poorly constructed roads
- Poor Infrastructure- not earthquake resistant
- Eurasian and Indian plates
- Destructive plate boundary
- 7.6
- Population 11.25 million
- 8th October 2005 8.50am
- 780,000 buildings were destroyed and damaged
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