Nepal

• when did the Nepal earthquake take place?


  25 th April 2015
• what type of plate margin was the Nepal earthquake ?


  destructive
• how many people died in the Nepal Earthquake?


  • 9000
• how many people were injured in the Nepal earthquake?


  20,000
• how many people were affected in the Nepal earthquake?


  8 million
• how many people were left homeless

  3 million
• how many schools were destroyed in the Nepal earthquake 


  7000
• what was the estimated cost for the Nepal earthquake


  US$5 billion
• what percentage of shops were destroyed in the Nepal earthquake?


  • 50%
• how many people died from the landslides on Mount Everest after the Nepal earthquake?


  19
• an avalanche in ------ left 250 people missing


  • Langtang
• after the Nepal earthquake a landslide blocked the ---- river


  Kali Gandaki River
• what were the immediate responses after the Nepal earthquake?


  • field hospitals set up
  • half a million tents provided for the homeless
  • search and rescue teams - UK, India and China
  • 300,000 people migrated from Kathmandu to seek shelter and support
• what were the Nepal long term responses?


  • repairs to Everest base camp
  • 7000 schools re-built or repaired
  • road repaired and landslides cleared
  • thousands of homeless people to be re-housed