Nepal

• location


  Asia

  Just above the Tropic of cancer

  land locked but Indian Ocean is south West, Bay of Bengal is South

  India = south

  China = north east

  Bangladesh = south east

  Northern and eastern hemisphere
• April 2015 = 7.8M
• may 2015 = 7.3 M

  epicentre = close to Mt Everest - Landslides
• both earthquakes

  epicentres were close to Kathmandu - capital city
• causes of the Nepal Earthquake - April


  destructive boundaries between Indian plate and Eurasian plate

  7.8 Magnitude

  shallow focus of 15km

  strong aftershocks recorded
• Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world - its GDP is $649 per annum
• social impacts

  • century old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • people were forced to sleep outside due to aftershocks or collapsed houses
  • thousands of homes were destroyed across the country
  • 8632 dead
  • 19009 injured
  • hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless
  • harvest reduced or lost in that season
• environmental impacts

  • landslides on the steep valleys in Nepal
  • avalanches triggered on Mt Everest
  • harvest reduced or lost in that season
• economic impacts

  • century old buildings were destroyed t UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  • Economic loss up to 50% of GDP
  • short term loss of tourism revenue which Nepal relies on
  • Harvest was reduced or lost in that season
• worst earthquake Nepal had experienced in more then 80 years
• Responses

  • Pakistan - sent resources
  • South Korea - sent water
  • USA - sent resources
  • set up tents for make shift houses
• Reponses UK

  £33 million

  • £10 million = children could be immunised, women deliver babies, rebuild 1000 damaged healthcare facilities
  • £2 million = British red cross
  • £5.3 million = 15000 dignity kits for women and girls
  • £5 million = UK gov matched the 5 million public donations
• total costs = $9.5 billion
• total amount of aid = $4.1 billion