Geography - Natural Hazards Case study (Nepal and Italy earthquakes)

LIC location of earthquake

Gorka, Nepal

HIC location of earthquake

Amatrice, Italy

Nepal level of wealth

LIC

GNI per capita - $780

Italy level of wealth

HIC

GNI per capita - $32,910

Nepal details

11:56am

7.8 Richter scale

15km

Plates involved (Nepal)

Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate, creating fold mountains

Preparation (Nepal)

Disaster management plan not in place

Primary effects (Nepal)

8441 died

16800 injured

1 million homeless

Historical buildings destroyed

Secondary effects (Nepal)

19 killed in an avalanche

Food shortages

Decreased tourism

Cost (Nepal)

$5.15 billion

Immediate response (Nepal)

Red Cross tents for 22500 people

WHO distributed medical supplies

$126 million in Emergancy aid

Long term response (Nepal)

After 8 months, the total recovery costs reached $274 million

November 2018 - 34% still in tents

Farmers were taught maintenance efforts

Details (Italy)

3:36 am

6.2 Richter scale

5.1 km

Plates involved (Italy)

Continental Eurasian plate and African plate

Preparation (Italy)

Many buildings did not meet the building standard

Primary effects (Italy)

299 killed

400 injured

293 historic buildings damaged

Secondary effects (Italy)

Town centre damaged leading to reduced business, tourism and income

Landslides blocked nearby roads

Looters were arrested

Farmer’s income decreased and animals died

Cost (Italy)

€21.9 billion

Immediate effects (Italy)

58 tent camps

Schools and hotels were used as shelters

12 helicopters and 70 dog teams

€50 million for emergancy response

Long terms responses (Italy)

Students attended schools in nearby villages

€42 million to rebuild villages

1 year later 2.4 million tonnes of rubble remains