geography case studies — Kaikoura,New Zealand + Gorkha,Nepal

Kaikoura,New Zealand

• 14 Nov 2016

• 7.8 magnitude

Kaikoura,New Zealand — Primary Effect

• 2 people died

• 50 people were injured

• Tens of thousand homes were destroyed/damaged

• 60 people needed emergency housing

• Over 200km of rd and over 190km of rail line were destroyed

Kaikoura,New Zealand - Secondary Effect

• The okay, so good up to 100,000 lines which blocked major road and rail routes

• A major landslide blocked the Clarence river leading to flooding and the evacuation of farms

• The earthquake generated tsunami with waves of around 5 m leaving Deris up to 500 m in land

Kaikoura,New Zealand - immediate response

• A tsunami warning was issued quickly, and resident of coastal areas were told to move to higher ground

• Hundreds of people were housed in emergency shelters and community centres

• 200 of most vulnerable people were evacuated from Kiora by helicopter within 24 hours of the earthquake

• Power was restored to most places in a few hours temporary was supplies will set up

Kaikoura,New Zealand - long term response

• $5.3 million of funding was provided by the district Council to help with the rebuilding the towns what systems and harbour

• Most road rail roots were repaired and Reopened within two years

• The Kaikoura Mayoral Earthquake Relief Fund and was set up to help President who afford basic supplies and donations will receive from around the world

Gorkha,Nepal

• 25 April 2015

• 7.8 Magnitude

Gorkha,Nepal - Primary effects

• around 9000 People died and more than 22,000 were injured

• And estimate 800,000 buildings were damaged/destroyed

• 4 million people were left homeless

• Road and bridges were destroyed

• Water tanks and pipes were destroyed leaving 2 million people without access to clean water and sanitation

Gorkha,Nepal - Secondary effects

• The earthquake triggered avalanches Mount Everest which killed 18 people

• Many mountains were blocked by landslide preventing emergency aid from reaching remote areas

• Lack of clean water caused outbreaks which killed at least 13 people

Gorkha,Nepal - Immediate Response

• India and China sent teams to help presidents rescue people chopped by the breast by a lack of tools and machinery slow down rescue efforts

• People tried to recover dead dead and treated injured but damaged roads made it hard for emergency workers and aid to get through

• Charity such as Oxfam provided medicate medicine, food and temporary water supplies

The Red Cross sale put emergency shell out for 130,000 families who had lost their homes

Gorkha,Nepal - Secondary Response

• The word banker group finance $500 million worth of projects to build earthquake resistant housing and repair roads and irrigation systems

• The road from Nepal into Tibet was reopened two years after the earthquake, but many other routes remain damaged

• Many habit sites were reopened in June 2015 to encourage tourist back to the area

• Water supply is being restored two years after that many people still didn’t have access to clean water