Nepal (Gorkha) - LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES

• approximately 2 earthquakes over 7MW every 40 years
• nepal has many valleys of soft sediment, amplifies seismic waves and may cause liquefaction
• gorkha

  • 7.8 MW
  • landlsides
  • 51 aftershocks over 5MW
• political impacts

  • already politically unstable, but hope was lost
  • recieved aid - created tension with india who was only doing it as an act of self promotion
• economic impacts

  • tourism (makes up 10% of economy) was badly hit as mount everest was closed
  • increased debts
  • disrupted food security and the planting season
• social impacts

  • almost 9000 deaths
  • avalanche on everest killed 20 people
  • 2.8 million displaced
  • over a million needed food assisstance
  • ethnic groups on mountains were hard to reach
  • women were discriminated against from aid and increased trafficking occurwd