Nepal EQ 2015

• What was the backround of the 2015 Nepal EQ?

  • LIC- GNI Per capita $730

  • 7.8 magnitude (epicentre 80 km NW of capital city Kathmandu)

  • Death toll: 8632 (22000 injured)
• What were the social primary impacts of the Nepal EQ?

  • 499000 houses destroyed

  • 22 hospitals destroyed
• What was the economic primary impact of the Nepal EQ?

  Buildings in UNESCO World Heritage site destroyed eg Dharahara Tower collapsed (popular tourist destination)
• What were the economic secondary impacts of the Nepal EQ?

  • $5 billion of damage

  • Tourism decreased by 1/3 in a year
• What was the social secondary impact of the Nepal EQ?

  4 million people homeless with no access to clean water- spreads disease fast -> decrease in LE as few hospitals which leads to decrease in QoL
• What was the environmental Secondary Impact of the Nepal EQ?

  The EQ triggered avalanches (killing 18 on Everest- could create fear leading to decline in Tourism)
• What were the immediate response of the Nepal EQ?

  > India sent search and rescue teams within 15 minutes

  > Temporary shelter set up- eg Kathmandu ‘tent city’

  > Charities (Oxfam) gave aid (medicine, food, water)
• What were the long-term responses to the Nepal EQ?

  > Asian development bank offered up to $200 million

  > Schools rebuilt with the help of aid (eg Team Rubicon)

  > Main road from Nepal to Tibet rebuilt after 2 years (ineffective as majority of roads left unrepaired)
• Why were the effects worse in LICs?

  > Buildings are poorly built

  > No money to respond quickly, poor medical care
• What were Nepal’s preparation and planning for the EQ?

  Nepal didn’t have effective plans in place to cope