nepal earthquake

• key info

  • april 2015
  • nepal
  • boundary where indian and eurasian plate collide
  • 7.8 magnitude earthquake
• causes

  • indian and eurasian plates push together, in 2015 a century of built up strain was released
  • focus was 15km below surface
  • shallow focus - extremely strong shaking
  • fault line ran right underneath kathmandu
• aftershocks

  • measuring 6.7 and 7.3
  • deadly avalanches
  • 547 landslides
• primary consequences

  • buildings destroyed
  • homeless people had to sleep outside
  • 19009 people were injured
• secondary consequences

  • 8635 deaths
  • cant return to rural areas
  • landslides - buried houses and cut off roads
  • $10 billion of damage
• emergency responses

  • 10 tonnes of blankets
  • 50 tonnes of water
  • 22 tonnes of food
  • doctors
  • 2 tonnes of medicals
  • an engineering task force
• long term responses

  cash for work projects