Nepal Eathquake

Question 1

what are causes?

Answer 1

-7.9 magnitude
-8km deep
-NW of the capital city
-on a collision boundary

Question 2

what are effects?

Answer 2

-3.5 million homeless
-aftershocks
-22,000 injured
-900 dead
-rockfalls, landslides, avalanches (150 stranded in mountains)
-buildings collapsed, roads split
-emergency services undersupplied
-rural destruction
-villages/towns wiped out

Question 3

what are responses?

Answer 3

-injured rushed to hospital
-helicopters
-prioritised water, sanitation, shelter
-emergency services overwhelmed
-publicly burning dead bodies

Question 4

what were the primary effects?

Answer 4

-9000 died
-20,000 injured
-damage costed $5 billion
-no tsunami threat
-3 million homes destroyed
-7000 schools destroyed
-hospitals overwhelmed

Question 5

what were the secondary effects?

Answer 5

-avalanche
-harvests reduced or lost
-landslide blocked river
-50% of shops destroyed (affecting food supplies and livelihoods)
-roads blocked by avalanches and landslides
-9 million people affected

Question 6

what are the short term responses?

Answer 6

-search and rescue teams
-half a million tents provides shelter for the homeless
-helicopters rescued many from mountains
-field hospitals set up

Question 7

what are the long term responses?

Answer 7

-roads repaired
-300,000 migrated to seek shelter
-stricter controls on building codes

Question 8

when and where did it happen?

Answer 8

11:26am
April
NW of the capital city