Nepal 2015 Earthquake

• Basic knowledge about the earthquake

  • Saturday 25th April, 2015
  • Epicentre was just 60 KM north-west of the Capital
  • 7.6 magnitude
  • 11:26AM
  • Indian plate collided with the eurasian plate
• Social primary effects of Nepal earthquake

  • 600,000 houses destroyed or damaged
  • 8632 dead
  • 19,009 injured
  • 3.5 million homeless
  • 2.8 displaced in humanitarian aid
• Economic / secondary effects of Nepal earthquake

  • costed $10 billion in damages
  • tourist numbers declined
  • harvests were lost or damaged
  • 2 large aftershocks (6.6 & 6.7) caused landslides and rock falls
  • landslide killed 250 people in village of Ghodatabela
  • avalanche at mount everest base camp, killed 17 people
• Responses to Nepal earthquake

  • UK provided 100 search & rescue, medics and rescue experts
  • water, food and shelter distributed by aid support
  • $1 billion aid from India and China
  • £73 million from UK