Nepal 2015

• the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the richter scale
• Nepal is an LIC
• The main city impacted by the earthquake was Kathmandu
• primary effects of the nepal earthquake:

  • 9000 deaths
  • 22 000 injured
  • 600 000 buildings damaged
  • water tanks and pipes destroyed
• secondary effects:

  • $5 billion worth damage
  • 3 million homeless
  • tourist economy was impacted
  • 300 000 left kathmandu
  • 1 million children couldn't return to school for a month
  • 50% of people still living in temporary shelter two years later
• Immediate responses to the earthquake:

  • $1 billion in aid
  • search and rescue teams from UK, India and China
  • Aid workers from the Red Cross
  • tent city constructed in Kathmandu
  • temporary field hospitals constructed
• long term responses:

  • earthquake drills education introduced
  • $200 million in aid from the Asian Development Bank
  • lakes formed behind damned rivers were drained