CASE STUDY - CHILE AND NEPAL

• Chile earthquake facts:

  • 27th February 2010
  • 8.8 on the Richter scale
  • struck just off the coast of central chile
  • $30,000 GDP
• Nepal earthquake facts:

  • 25th April 2015
  • 7.9 on the Richter scale
  • 80km to the north-west of Nepals capital
  • $5,000 GDP
• Give some primary effects of the Chile earthquake:

  • 500 killed
  • 12,000 injured
  • 800,000 affected
  • much of Chile lost power, water supplies, communications
  • 220,000 homes destroyed
• Give some primary effects of the Nepal earthquake:

  • 9000 killed
  • 20,000 injured
  • 8 million affected
  • 3 million left homeless
  • electricity, water supplies, sanitation, communications affected
• Give some secondary effects of the Chile earthquake:

  • several coastal towns devoted by tsunamis
  • 1500km of roads damaged by landslides
• Give some secondary effects of the Nepal earthquake:

  • ground shaking triggered landslides and avalanches
• Give some immediate responses to the Chile earthquake:

  • power and water restored to 90% of homes within 10 days
  • emergency services acted swiftly
  • raised $60 million, enough to build 30,000 emergency shelters
• Give some immediate responses to the Nepal earthquake:
• Give some immediate responses to the Nepal earthquake:

  • 300,000 people migrated to seek shelter
  • 500,000 tents needed to provide shelter for the homeless
• Give some long-term responses to the Chile earthquake:

  • 1 month later, Chile's government launched a housing reconstruction plan to help 200,000 households
  • president announced it could take 4 years to fully recover from damage to buildings
• Give some long-term responses to the Nepal earthquake:

  • stricter controls on building codes
  • tourism to be boosted
  • over 7000 schools to be re-built