Edexcel Geography Paper 1 Case Studies
,Tectonics - Nepal Earthquake (2015)
● Nepal is a multiple hazard zone with a steep mountain landscape -> exposed to landslides, debris and floods as well
as earthquakes
● It's landlocked and sits on the boundary of the Indo-Australian and Asian plate
● 7.8 magnitude with 9000 deaths and 22,000+ injured
● Approximately 30 million people live in poorly built houses
● More than 1/2 million homes destroyed or are pre-cautiously habitable = 2.5 million internally displaced
● More than 3500 schools destroyed
● Poor and socially excluded groups are less able to absorb shocks than well-positioned and better-off households
● There was some seismic activity in the Jumla district before the main shock BUT they are not foreshocks to the main
shock - as of 7th June 2015, over 304 aftershocks have occurred
, Tectonics - Haiti Earthquake (2010)
● Small island located in the Caribbean, Southeast of the USA and east of Cuba
● GDP per capita - $345.89; HDI - 0.456
● 7.0 magnitude
● Caused by North American plate sliding past the Caribbean plate at a conservative plate margin - both plates move
in the same direction BUT one moved faster than the other -> pressure built up due to friction released = earthquake
● Between 5-6 million people live in rural areas -> about 85% of the rural population practice some agriculture = about
26% of Haiti's economy
● Over 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the quake (293,383 in total)
● 4000 schools were damaged/destroyed
● 250,000 homes and 300,000 other buildings (including the President's Palace and 60% of the government's
buildings) were badly damaged/destroyed
● $100 million in aid given by the USA and $330 million by the European Union -> 810,000 people placed in aid camps,
115,000 tents and 1,000,000+ tarpaulin shelters provided
,Tectonics - Nepal Earthquake (2015)
● Nepal is a multiple hazard zone with a steep mountain landscape -> exposed to landslides, debris and floods as well
as earthquakes
● It's landlocked and sits on the boundary of the Indo-Australian and Asian plate
● 7.8 magnitude with 9000 deaths and 22,000+ injured
● Approximately 30 million people live in poorly built houses
● More than 1/2 million homes destroyed or are pre-cautiously habitable = 2.5 million internally displaced
● More than 3500 schools destroyed
● Poor and socially excluded groups are less able to absorb shocks than well-positioned and better-off households
● There was some seismic activity in the Jumla district before the main shock BUT they are not foreshocks to the main
shock - as of 7th June 2015, over 304 aftershocks have occurred
, Tectonics - Haiti Earthquake (2010)
● Small island located in the Caribbean, Southeast of the USA and east of Cuba
● GDP per capita - $345.89; HDI - 0.456
● 7.0 magnitude
● Caused by North American plate sliding past the Caribbean plate at a conservative plate margin - both plates move
in the same direction BUT one moved faster than the other -> pressure built up due to friction released = earthquake
● Between 5-6 million people live in rural areas -> about 85% of the rural population practice some agriculture = about
26% of Haiti's economy
● Over 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the quake (293,383 in total)
● 4000 schools were damaged/destroyed
● 250,000 homes and 300,000 other buildings (including the President's Palace and 60% of the government's
buildings) were badly damaged/destroyed
● $100 million in aid given by the USA and $330 million by the European Union -> 810,000 people placed in aid camps,
115,000 tents and 1,000,000+ tarpaulin shelters provided
