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Living with earthquakes - Nepal - LIDC - Coggle Diagram
Living with earthquakes - Nepal - LIDC
Tectonic setting
In the middle of collision zone
Geological structure of valleys increase seismic risk - Soft sediment - seismic waves are amplified
Gorkha Earthquake
Facts
7.8 Mw
focus - 15 km
51 after shocks 5 Mw or above
Many landslides caused
Social Impacts
8800 fatalities
22,000 injured
2.8 million people displaced
Many communities moved away
470,000 houses destroyed
1 million required food assistance
discrimination against single women with food aid - Human rights issues
culturally important locations damaged
Economic impacts
One of poorest countries in the world - damaging effects on economy
cost to economy US$200 million
GOV and business lacked capital to cope with damages - Debts increase
The earthquakes disrupted planting season long term impacts on food security
political
Undermined progress towards peace
disturbed greater democracy
Nepal received emergency aid for long term construction from a range of countries
International aid created tension with India