case study nepal

• What is the date of the earthquake?

  25th of April 2015
• What was the magnitude?

  7.8 on the richter scale
• What was the depth of focus?

  8km
• Lic- GDP per capita is 1222 dollars
• Primary effect: 8632 people killed and 19009 injured
• Secondary effect :Nepal lost 35% of its GDP for the year
• Secondary effect: 3 million people were made homeless including 1.7 million children
• Primary effect: earthquake caused avalanches on mount everest which flattened entire villages and killed 19 people
• Primary effect: 50% of shops destroyed affecting food supplies
• Primary effect: 5 billion worth of damage done
• Secondary effect: harvests were lost as there were not enough people to farm the land
• Responses to reduce the impacts?

  • International aid was provided by India and China who in total committed over $1 billion to help support Nepal.
  • The UK offered help and support. Over 100 search and rescue responders, medical experts, and disaster and rescue experts were sent together with three Chinook helicopters for use by the Nepali government.
  • The GIS tool “Crisis mapping” was used to coordinate the response.
  • Aid workers from charities such as the Red Cross came to help.
  • Temporary housing was provided, including ‘Tent city’ in Kathmandu.