Kashmir Earthquake
- Created by: Stephanie Boom
- Created on: 25-05-14 12:18
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- Kashmir Earthquake
- Background
- Pakistan - Southern Asia bordering Arabian sea
- 8th October 2005
- 7.6 - duration of 1 minute
- LEDC country
- Causes
- Aftershocks reaching 6.0
- Destructive plate margin
- During Ramadan - most people were asleep
- Impacts
- Social
- 87,000 died
- 100,000 injured
- High youthful population - many child deaths - many orphans
- £.5 million homeless
- Economic
- Infrastructure poorly built - easily collapsed
- 3 major towers collapsed in the capital
- 630,000 homes needed rebuilding
- $5 billion worth of damage
- Environmental
- Broken sewage lines - diseases and infection
- Fires caused by burst gas pipe
- Social
- Hazards
- Primary
- Building collapse
- Broken pipe lines
- Secondary
- Lack of infrastrucure
- Homeless
- Primary
- Responses
- Immediate
- Torrential rain - rescue efforts made harder
- Army was brought in
- Lack of cooperation between military and civilains
- Delayed
- 1.8 million waiting for homes 1 year later
- Indian red cross provided supplies
- Foreign aid and NGO helped to cover expenses
- Immediate
- Background
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