Gorkha Nepal

• Location

  Nepal
• When did it happen

  April 2015
• How deep was the earthquake

  8-15km (shallow focus)
• What was the plate boundary it occurred on ?

  Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate.
• What was the perception of the earthquake?

  Some believe in the doing of God and a higher power is responsible.

  Numerous agencies nationally cover expenses which demonstrates the expectedness of the earthquake
• What did the government have in place and what did it do?

  KVERMP in 1997 as an earthquake preparedness initiative which simulated emergency scenarios and assigned various roles to sectors within towns
• Economic impacts

  Over 1 million people unemployed

  $10 billion in damage

  Number of tourist dropped to a third in 2016
• Social impacts

  9000 deaths

  600,000 homes destroyed

  7000 schools destroyed

  More than 1 million children could not attend school

  Two years later 70% people still temporary shelters
• Environmental impacts

  Triggered more then 3000 avalanches

  12,000ha damaged

  Water contamination

  Landslides blocked rivers causing flooding and further soil erosion.
• Political impacts

  Deployed security to prevent looting

  Protests by people who were unhappy with the governments response.

  Judged for slow responses and inadequate supplies.

  Conspiracy to corruption.
• Immediate responses

  India and China gave $1 billion of aid

  A million tents were provided.

  300,000 people migrated from Kathmandu to seek shelter
• Long term responses

  Over 7000 schools were rebuilt

  Blockades at the border were cleared allowing better movement of fuels, medication and construction materials.

  Stricter building codes introduced