Nepal-Global hazards

• Where is Nepal located? Where was the epicentre of the earthquake?

  In between China and India. Above the tropic of cancer. The epicentre was directly in between the two biggest cities of Kathmandu and Pukhera. 80 km from Kathmandu
• Primary effects of the earthquake?

  • electricity and water supply destroyed
  • 9000 deaths/20,000 injured
  • 12000 schools destroyed
  • 3 000 000 homeless
  • Avalanches/slandslides
• Secondary effects of the Earthquake?

  • UNESCO world heritage sight destroyed
  • 20 billion dollar economy based on tourism
  • 700,000 people in poverty
  • 8,34 million people affected
  • hospitals filled
  • Psychological trauma
• Short term responses the earthquake?

  • Makeshift treatment camps
  • shelters built month later
  • 4000 military personnel from countries to help Nepal
  • scientists monitor activity
• Long term response to Nepal?

  -$5.2 billion in disaster relief funds

  • UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
  • Geohazards Internation embarked on project (Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Managemen)
• Why did Nepal suffer so much?

  • LIDC
  • many buildings with poor infrastructure, buildings dalling main killer
• How to prevent it from happening again?

  • Better infrastructure for buildings
  • implement better measures to prevent damage
• What are some stats in the earthquake?

  • Magnitude 7.8
  • Lasted a minute
  • Happened saturday at midday in more crowded area
  • Just before lunch