Nepal- natural hazards

• 25th April 2015
• Magnitude= 7.8 richter scale
• Focus= 15km (very shallow so results were sever shaking)
• Destructive margin
• Immediate responses

  Helicopters rescued and delivered supplies to villages cut off by landslides avalanches

  Temporary shelters were set up. The red cross provided 225,000 people

  75,000 were unreachable by air due to the mountainous terrain. Sherpas were used to hike relief supplies to remote areas
• Long term responses

  August 2015 repairs to Everest base camp and new trekking routes meant climbers returned

  Stricter controls on building codes were brought

  UN trained individuals in how to maintain and repair irrigation channels damaged by the landslide. This allowed crop production to increase and growing seasons to extend
• Primary effects

  8841 deaths

  16,800 Injured

  1 million displaced

  Rice seed stored in homes were ruined in rubble
• Secondary effects

  Tourism was 8.9% of Nepal's GDP, and 1.1 million jobs relied on this industry, however income shrunk and tourists stayed away

  The earthquake triggered an avalanche on mount Everest, and swept through Everest base camp

  Food shortage and income loss

  225,000 people had to live in tents as their homes were destroyed
• Location:

  Asia