japan and nepal case study

Question 1

japan date

Answer 1

march 2011

Question 2

nepal date

Answer 2

april 2015

Question 3

japan magnitutde

Answer 3

9.0

Question 4

nepal magnitude

Answer 4

7.9

Question 5

tsunami wave height

Answer 5

10m

Question 6

japan number of tsunamis

Answer 6

10

Question 7

japan plates involved

Answer 7

north american and pacific

Question 8

nepal plates involved

Answer 8

indo aus and eurasian

Question 9

nepal focus

Answer 9

15km below capital city kathmandu

Question 10

4 nepal primary impacts

Answer 10

9000 deaths
20 000 injured
8 000 000 affected
50% shops destroyed

Question 11

3 nepal secondary impacts

Answer 11

landslide
avalanche
19 deaths

Question 12

3 primary impacts japan

Answer 12

dam closure
4 000 000 no electricity
less initial deaths

Question 13

5 japan secondary effects

Answer 13

10 tsunamis up to 10m
18000 deaths
50 000 homeless
fukushima, nuclear power plant, explosion

Question 14

nepal short term

Answer 14

• food kits for 8000
• search and rescue rescues 16 survivors
• 300 000 migrated from kathmandu for shelter and support

Question 15

japan short term

Answer 15

• 500 000 evacuated to higher ground
• roads and rails repaired within weeks

Question 16

main reasons for destruction for each earthquake (social, economic, etc)

Answer 16

japan: environmental
nepal: economic

Question 17

3 japan long term responses

Answer 17

reconstruction plan - sea walls, 30 000 new houses
$150 billion budget
upgraded warning systems

Question 18

3 nepal long term responses

Answer 18

• roads repaired later that year
• 212 000 homes rebuilt