PPT-Nepal Earthquake

Saturday 25 th April 2015 Magnitude of 78 Our link school is here in Pokhara The epicentre was North West of the capital Kathmandu but the impact has spread far beyond Some facts about the earthquake. Aditya Kumar Anand . Project Assistant Level – 2 . CSIR-Central Road Research Institute . Earthquakes. An earthquake.  . is the . shaking and vibration . on the surface of the earth resulting from . Ria. Guest. Monarchy. Where the statue of . Prithvi. . Narayan. Shah once stood. Pink geraniums replaced him after the Maoists toppled it and dragged its head through the streets during the civil war.. Nepal Earthquakes. The first earthquake occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015 at a 7.8 Magnitude. The . epicentre. was in the . Gorkha. district.. Budget Hotel in . Thamel. before and after. Occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015. 7.8 Magnitude at a depth of around 15 . kilometres. The . epicentre. was the village of . Barpak. in the . Gorkha. district. The tremors were felt as far away as India, Pakistan and Bhutan.. Hazards are produced from the response of energy released. Amount and duration are related to the amount of energy released. Which hazards do you know?. Earthquake Hazards. Tsunami: displacement of a large volume of water. magnitude earthquake struck . Nepal on . Saturday 25. th. . April causing widespread damage.. The homes of . 2.8 million . people have been destroyed or damaged. . Families . are sleeping in . makeshift tents, . and humanitarian response. . L. essons . from Nepal. THE SCIENCE OF . AFTERSHOCK FORECASTING. Earthquakes can’t be predicted. However, aftershocks follow robust seismological . ‘laws’. Probability . earthquake. (also known as a . quake. , . tremor. or . temblor. ) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the . Earth's. . crust. that creates . seismic waves. . . The . seismicity. , . seismism. John . Whelpton. BNAC Lecture, 23/3/16. ROOTS OF NATIONALISM. "A Nation... is a group of persons united by a common error about their ancestry and a common dislike of their neighbors“ (Karl Deutsch). Nepal . Physical Geography Overview. Bibliography . Cultural Photo Essay . Political . Overview. . Economic Overview . Photo Essay. Sagarmatha. National Park. Wall Paintings . Nepalese . Sherpas. . Nepal’s diverse culture, political landscape, topography, inadequate infrastructure, lack of resources, and shortage of healthcare providers has further complicated the nation’s ability to provide adequate health care in these communities.. C. ommittee. , Nepal. Project Team: Caitlin Glover, Elizabeth Jordan, Michael Goodrum, Christopher . Senesi. , Jonathan Wiggins. Project Mentor: Dr. Barry . Bialek. Project Update: September 29, 2010. Community. 1. Contents. . Understanding Disaster . Disasters in Nepal (Earthquakes in Nepal). Understanding earthquake . disaster (basic). Geographical . Structure of . Nepal. Ground level and different effect of disaster. Dr. Rakesh . Ghimire. , MBBS, MD . Assistant Professor, IOM, TU. Principal Investigator (Nepal). , . HOPE . GRID. . Nepal Public Health Foundation. Centre . for Pesticide Suicide Prevention. University of .