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Natural Hazards (Where do they happen? (Volcanoes and Earthquakes occur at…

- - - - Volcanoes
    - - Both
    - - Earthquakes
- - - - 27 Feb 2010
      - Magnitude 8.8
      - Depth 35km
      - Created a Tsunami
        
        Waves up to 18 m
      - Recovery cost $15 billion to $30 billion
      - Over 2 million people injured and around 500 deaths
      - 400,000 house destroyed
      - Large areas left without power or water
    - - 25 April 2015
      - Second quake occurred on the 12 May 2015
      - Epicentre in the Barpak, Bhurka district
      - Magnitude 7.8
      - Depth 15 km
      - Recovery cost currently around $10 billion
      - 22 thousand injured and 8,856 dead
      - Over 780,000 homes destroyed
      - Nearly 1,000 hospitals destroyed
      - 3.5 million people required humanitarian aid
  - - - November 2013
      - 670,000 people injured and 6,340 killed still over 1000 missing
      - Recovery cost $2.86 billion
      - Winds in excess of 185 km/h
      - Waves over 15 m high
      - 550,000 houses destroyed and 580,000 more damaged
- - - - Indian Government set rescue helicopters to extract victims
      - Many countries donated food, water, tents, clothing for support
      - Tech companies donated equipment for the search
      - Charities donated equipment and people to help
    - - Chilean government organised a recovery plan
      - Access was easier for the response
      - Immediate response took 1 month
  - - - Rebuilding of houses
        
        This has been delayed by Nepalese governemt
      - Tourism is slowly returning to the area
      - They still need technical expertise to rebuild
      - Infrastructure needs to be rebuilt
    - - Power and Water returned to 90% houses in 10 days
      - The main highways affected repaired in less than 24 hours
      - International response to provided field hospitals and communications