Nepal Earthquake

• Nepal Earthquake - Background Information

  • Gorkha, North West Kathmandu
  • April 2015
  • Magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale
  • Collision plate boundary
• Primary Effects

  • 9,000 dead 20,000 injured
  • 50% of all shops destroyed and (loss of food and supplies).
  • 7,000 schools destroyed hospital was destroyed.
  • $5 billion estimated damage cost (33% of Nepal’s GDP)
• Secondary Effects

  • 3 million homeless People slept on the street in the aftermath due to fear of building collapse from aftershocks
  • The sharp drop in tourism revenue after 250 killed by landslides
  • Avalanche killed 17 at Everest base camp
  • Rice harvest destroyed (food shortages)
• Immediate Responses

  • India and China provided over $1 billion of international aid.
  • 100 search and rescue and 3 helicopters provided by the UK government.
  • 500,000 tents donated to create tent cities for survivors
  • Field hospitals are set up to cope with the high volume of injured
• Long-Term Responses

  • $3 million grant from the Asian Development Bank for immediate relief and up to $200 million for the first phase of rehabilitation.
  • UK donated £73 million and 8 tonnes of equipment Stricter building codes introduced
  • 7,000 schools rebuilt Road infrastructure repaired