amatrice gorkha earthquake

• amatrice earthquake happened in ....

  Italy
• gorkha earthquake happened in....

  Nepal
• Nepal is a LIC
• Italy is a HIC
• amatrice earthquake happened in 2016
• Nepal earthquake happened in 2015
• primary effects of amatrice earthquake 


  299 killed

  400 injured

  4500 homeless

  50% of buildings were destroyed

  80%of historic Old Town was destroyed (294 buildings)

  population higher than normal as it was during summer holidays

  $US 21.9 billion worth of damage
• primary effects of gorkha 


  9000 killed

  20000 injured

  1 million homeless

  8 million effected

  1.4 million needed food water shelter

  7000 schools destroyed

  50% of shops destroyed

  $US 5 billion worth of damage
• secondary effects of amatrice


  landslides blocked roads

  red zones are reduces business and tourism

  no income for farmers as 90% of cattle barns were destroyed

  residents suffered emotional damage

  poeple arrested for looting
• secondary effects of gorkha


  landslides blocked roads and stopped aid getting through

  rice seeds destroyed led to food shortages (happened before monsoon season when rice is planted 2/3 of population depend on farming)

  tourism provides 1.1 million jobs so employment will shrink
• immediate responses to amatrice earthquake


  58 tent camps set yo for homeless

  5000 soldies + emergency services helped in rescues

  100 meals a day served to survivors for 1 week

  taxes cancelled for residents

  Italian prime minister gave 50 million euros for emergency response
• immediate response for gorkha earthquake


  red Cross provided 50 000 tents

  search and rescue, water and medical supplies arrived quickly from UK,India and china(mountains and poor roads made it difficult to reach remote villages)

  Facebook launched safety feature so poeple cpuld say they were safe

  companies did not charge for phone calls
• long term responses of amatrice 


  students went to nearby schools while rebuilding was taking place

  42m euros was used to rebuild villages but make them earthquake proof

  government promised to move survivors form temporary camps into wooden houses within 6 months

  2.4 tonnes of rubble still in area after 1 year
• long term responses of gorkha 


  stricter controls on building codes

  by July 2015 some tourist sites re opened and visitors returned

  $274 million aid given 8 months after earthquake

  by November 2018 34% of population were still living in temporary shelters
• magnitude of amateic earthquake

  6.2
• 5.1km


  amatrice depth of focus
• cause of amatrice was destructive collision (eurasian and African) continental plate
• time of amatrice

  3.36 am
• magnitude of gorkha

  7.8
• depth of focus of gorkha

  15km
• time of gorkha

  Saturday 11.56 am
• destructive collision boundary 2 continental plates (eurasian and indo Australian)


  cause of gorkha