The Nepal Earthquake - April 2015

Starter: Watch the video

Write down seven adjectives that describe the sights and sounds in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpWZeZi2aqw

Where is Nepal? Use the Map beneath to help you

write a description of the location of the country. (3
marks)

The Nepal earthquake occurred at

11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April
2015.
Do you think it would have been worse
if it had happed and night and if so,
why?

Casualities:
Country

Death

Injuries

Nepal

>8,900

>22,300

India

78

560

China

25

380

Bangladesh

200

Total

9010

23400

Economic loss
Loss approximately equal to 25% of Nations GDP

damaged more than 700,000 homes and other

structures.

Nepal is ranked as 11th most risk country in world in

terms of relative vulnerability to earthquake & 30th
with respect to flood

50% of bridges and narrow roads unusable because

of damage and debris

40% of electricity lines and all substations non

functional for a month

Watch this video on YouTube

What did the earthquake cause to
happen on the slopes of Mount
Everest?

Primary effects
The initial impact of a natural event on
people and property, caused directly by it,
for instance the ground buildings collapsing
following an earthquake.
Secondary effects
The after effects that occur as indirect
impacts of a natural event, sometimes on a
longer timescale, for instance fires due to
ruptured gas mains resulting from the
ground shaking
Copy down these two definitions

Task: Annotate the 6 photos to

describe the primary and secondary
impacts of the Nepal Earthquake

Immediate responses
The reaction of people as the disaster
happens and in the immediate
aftermath.
Long term responses
Later reactions that occur in the
weeks, months and years after the
event.
Copy down these two definitions

Offers of aid:
The US sent a disaster response team and released an
initial $1m (0.7m) according to the US aid agency USAid
India sent several aircraft, carrying medical supplies and a
mobile hospital, as well as a 40-strong disaster response
team, including rescuers with dogs
The UK is sent an eight-strong team of humanitarian
experts
Pakistan is sent four C-130 aircraft carrying a 30-bed field
hospital and army doctors and specialists; urban searchand-rescue teams equipped with radars and sniffer dogs;
and food items, including 2,000 meals, 200 tents and 600
blankets
Norway promised 30 million krone (2.5m; $3.9m) in
humanitarian assistance
Germany, Spain, France, Israel and the European Union
also pledged to send aid