Earthquake Case Studies

• Gorkha, Nepal (LIC)

  Date - April 2015, 11:56am, Saturday

  Richter scale - 7.8

  Deaths - 8,841 (16,800 injured)

  Homeless - 1 million
• L'Aquila Earthquake, Italy (HIC)

  Date - 6th April 2009, 3:30am (ppl sleeping)

  Richter Scale - 6.3

  Deaths - 308 dead, 1500 injured

  Homeless - 67,500
• Primary Effects - Gorkha, Nepal

  Transport disruption

  Reduction in supply of water, food and electricity

  50% of schools were destroyed

  26 hospitals were destroyed

  $10 billion of damage
• Primary Effects - L'Aquila, Italy

  Roads destroyed, transport disruption

  $11, 400 million in damage

  L'Aquila hospital was destroyed
• Type of Plate boundary - L'Aquila, Italy

  Collision Plate Boundary - two continental
• Secondary Effects - Gorkha, Nepal

  Harvests reduced or lost

  Avalanche on Mount Everest - 19 people died

  Nepal were set back with development as they had to spend lots of money recovering from the earthquake
• Secondary Effects - L'Aquila, Italy

  Aftershocks triggered landslides, mudslides and rockfalls, causing damage to housing and transport

  Lack of housing lead to an increase in house prices
• Immediate responses- Italy

  Italian red cross searching for survivors within an hour

  Temporary hospitals set up

  30,000 people were moved to the coast
• Immediate Responses - Nepal

  Temporary shelters set up by Red Cross

  Countries sent things like food and blankets

  Tent cities created
• Long-term Responses - Italy

  Buildings are now retrofitted meaning they are made earthquake resistant

  
  

  Residents did not have to pay taxes in 2010

  
  

  Homes took several years to rebuild
• Long-term Responses - Nepal

  Money is given to Nepal each year in aid to help them recover

  8 months after - $247 million had been spent on recovery