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Summary Edexcel Geography Paper 1 Case Studies- Tectonics and Coastal Landscapes

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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

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