Nepal Earthquake 2015 - Geography Case Study

What was the magnitude of the earthquake?

7.9

When did it happen? (date + time)

25th of April 2015,

How far was Kathmandu from the epicentre?

60 km

Primary impacts: How many people died?

9,000

Primary impacts: How many people were injured?

19,000

Primary impacts: How many people were affected?

8 million

Primary impacts: How many people were made homeless?

3 million

Primary impacts: How many people needed support with access to water, food and shelter after the earthquake?

1.4 million

Primary impacts: How many schools were destroyed?

7000

Primary impacts: How did aid arriving impact the airport?

Became congested

Primary impacts: Why were hospitals overwhelmed?

Increased number of casualties

What percentage of shops were destroyed

50%

Primary impacts: What was the cost of the earthquake?

US$5 billion

Primary impacts: Why did people have to sleep outside in cold temperatures?

Risk of aftershocks causing damaged buildings to collapse

Secondary impacts: What happened to harvests?

Lost or reduced

Secondary impacts: What percentage of GDP were economic losses estimated to be between?

9 - 50%

How much of nepals economy is tourism

6.7%

Secondary impacts: How many deaths did the avalanche on Mount Everest cause?

19

Secondary impacts: What disruption did the avalanches and landscapes cause to the road?

Blocked roads cause disruption to delivering aid.

Immediate response: How much aid did India and China provide? (money)

$1 billion

Immediate response: How many search and rescue responders, medics and disaster and rescue responders were provided by the UK?

Over 100

Immediate response: What charities came to help?

red cross

Immediate response: How many tents were provided to shelter the homeless?

500,000

Immediate response: How did they help coordinate the responses?

crisis mapping

Immediate response: What countries did search and rescue teams, water and medical support come from?

India, China and UK

Immediate response: What were set up to take pressure off hospitals?

Temporary field hospitals

Immediate response: How many people migrated from Kathmandu to seek shelter and support from friends and family?

300,000

Immediate response: What did Facebook launch?

A safety feature for users to indicate that they were safe.

Long term response: How much money was granted by The Asian Development Bank?

$3 million

Long term response: How much money was donated by the UK?

£73 million (£23 million by the government, £53 million by the public)

Long term response: How many tonnes of humanitarian aid did the UK supply?

30 tonnes

Long term response: How many tonnes of equipment did the UK supply?

8 tonnes

Long term response: What happened to landslides?

They were cleared

Long term response: What happened to roads?

Roads were repaired

Long term response: What happened to lakes that formed behind rivers, damned by by landslides?

They were drained to avoid flooding.

Long term response: What was put in place to prevent damage to buildings in the future?

Stricter building codes

Long term response: What happened to the homeless people?

They were rehoused and damage homes were repaired.

Long term response: What happened to the 7000 schools that were damaged?

They were rebuilt

Long term response: What was done to Everest's base camp and trekking routes?

They were repaired and new routes were established. The government reopened the mountain to tourists.