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6. What percentage of government buildings were destroyed?

  • 64%
  • 60%
  • 77%
  • 50%

7. What was the magnitude on the Richter scale?

  • 7.1
  • 7.0
  • 5.5
  • 9.2

8. What fraction of people lost their jobs as an indirect cause of the earthquake?

  • 3/4
  • 2/3
  • 1/3
  • 1/2

9. Support was provided for the ??% of the population that was without jobs

  • 90%
  • 68%
  • 70%
  • 45%

10. Water and sanitation was eventually supplied for how many people?

  • 2.1 million
  • 47 000 000
  • 1.7 million
  • 1.5 million

11. How many people were placed in aid camps?

  • 220 000
  • 810 000
  • 350 000
  • 670 000

12. How much money was donated by other governments to help rebuild the country?

  • $600 million by USA, $40 000 000 by EU
  • $100 million by USA, $330 million by EU
  • $45 billion by USA, $24 million by EU

13. How many building collapsed?

  • 20 000
  • 550 000
  • 476 800
  • 286 000

14. A year after the earthquake, how many people ended up homeless?

  • 1 million
  • 20 000 000
  • 3.6 million

15. Because of the destruction of the prison, how many inmates escaped?

  • 120
  • 5600
  • 4000
  • 30 000

16. How many people died as a result of primary and secondary effects?

  • 567 00
  • 628 000
  • 316 000
  • 41 200

17. How many public service buildings were damaged?

  • 47 Hospitals, 827 Schools
  • 50+ Hospitals, 13 000+ Schools
  • 66 Hospitals, 2000+ Schools
  • 100+ Hospitals

18. When did the earthquake occur?

  • 2nd December 2013
  • 15th March 2007
  • 12th January 2010
  • 21st June 2009

19. Why was there an increased rate of looting?

  • People were squashed into shanty towns
  • People lost their belongings so they stole others
  • Gangs decided it was a good time to rob people