Kashmir earthquake - seismic hazard

Earthquake plate boundary

Destructive collision

Plates

Indian and Eurasian

Moment magnitude scale

7\.6

Focus

Shallow

Where is Kashmir

Pakistan

Time

8:50am

Day

Saturday (a school day)

Epicenter

9km north east of Kashmir’s capital (Muzaffarabad)

Country is prone to

Multiple natural hazards, especially flooding

Terrain

Very mountainous (high landslide risk)

No building

Code enforcement

GDP

$1200

Villages in area are

Remote and mountainous

Children attending secondary school

43%

Deaths

80,000

Children deaths from school building collapses

19,000

Injured

100,000

What buried buildings and people, and blocked roads

Landslides (1km wide and 2km long blocked 2 rivers, creating a dam)

Total cost

$5billion

How much of Balakot was wiped out

90% (40,000 were then relocated)

The poor roads meant

International help couldn’t reach many areas for weeks eg. Red Cross

500,000 tents and blankets, and 60,000 tonnes of food and medical supplies were distributed within

A month

Field hospitals were set up but it was difficult due to

Difficult terrain

5 border crossing points opened between

India and Pakistan (to facilitate flow of aid and emergency teams)

Pakistani government set up Federal Relief Commission to

Coordinate activities with other agencies, after the uncoordinated initial response

International aid

$5.8billion