Case Study- Nepal Earthquake

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Date of disaster
April 25th 2015, 11:56am
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Type of plate boundary?
Collision plate boundary- the Indian and Eurasian plate that push towards each other, forming the Himalayan mountains
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What did it measure on the Richter scale?
7.8
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Epicentre?
Gorkha
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Affected capital city?
Kathmandu
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How many deaths?
9,000
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How many injured?
22,000
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How many schools destroyed?
7000
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How many without food?
1.4 million
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Other primary impacts?
Buildings collapsed, electricity and water supplies affected, bad sanitation, airport congested
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Cost of damage?
US $5 billion
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How many made homeless?
3.5 million
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Secondary impacts?
Depression and grief, avalanche on Mt Everest, roads blocked, landslide, emergency services couldn't get in
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How many killed in the secondary avalanche?
19 people
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Short term responses?
Search and rescue, helicopters rescued avalanche victims, 1/2 million tents for homeless, financial aid pledge
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Long term responses?
Roads repaired, homeless re-housed, stricter controls on building regulations, repair to Everest trekking routes
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Collision plate boundary- the Indian and Eurasian plate that push towards each other, forming the Himalayan mountains

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Type of plate boundary?

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7.8

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Gorkha

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Kathmandu

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kav

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Very useful, thank you!

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