Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Kashmir earthquake

8th October 2005 8:50am
Destructive plate margin (Indian plate forced under Eurasian plate)
7.6 Richter scale
Focus was at a depth of 16 miles


  • $5 billion 
  • 80000 deaths 
  • 3 million people made homeless 
  • Landslides 
No hazard management so no disaster planning in place
Training has now been provided to help rebuild more buildings as earthquake resistant

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