Gorka, Nepal (earthquake)

• Date

  Midday 25th April 2015
• Earthquake magnitude

  7.9 Richter scale
• Primary effects

  • 9000 died
  • 20000 injured
  • 8 million (1/3 of total population) affected
  • $5 billion in damage
  • 50% of shops destroyed
  • 7000 schools destroyed
  • 3 million made homeless
• Secondary effects

  • Landslide – blocked river kali Gandaki – flooding
  • Avalanche – Everest base camp – 19 deaths – tourism effected
• Immediate responses

  • Search and rescue teams from UK and China rescued people from Mt Everest and delivered food and tents to remote villages
  • Field hospitals set up to treat people
  • ½ million tents to house people
• Long-term responses

  • Tourism re-established – Mt Everest reopened
  • Ancient city of Bhaktapur in Kathmandu reopened by summer 2015
  • Lakes created by the landslides were carefully emptied in case they suddenly collapsed