Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked country located in South Asia. Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. Nepal is separated from Bangladesh by the narrow Indian Siliguri Corridor and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest metropolis.
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 19,000. It occurred at on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw or 8.1Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe). Its epicenter was the village of Barpak, Gorkha district, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.
A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time (7:05 am UTC) with a moment magnitude of 7.3, 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Kodari. The epicenter was on the border of Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk, two districts of Nepal. This earthquake occurred on the same fault as the larger magnitude 7.8 earthquake of 25 April, but further east than the original quake. As such, it is considered to be an aftershock of the 25 April quake. It struck at a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi). Shaking was felt in northern parts of India including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Tremors were felt as far as about 2400 kilometers away from the epicenter in Chennai.
There are some of the landmarks and facilities which were severely damaged by the earthquakes:
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| Uma Maheswar Temple |
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| Dharahara Tower |
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| Durbar Square |
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| Basantpur Square |
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| Badly Damaged Road |
In my opinion, severely damaged roads, houses, infrastructures, and tourist sites give so big influence on economical aspect. Economical aspect also connects to the tourism aspect. Nepal will experience on decreasing number of tourist, because of the badly damaged tourist sites. Moreover, local visitors and tourists also prohibited to climb the Everest Mountain due to bad access and so many amount of damage throughout Nepal. The Kathmandu City (Nepal's Capital) also has a bad layout. There are so many buildings in the city itself. So, if an earthquake happens again, it will be tough and difficult rebuilt it.
There were so many buildings such as schools, infrastructures, houses, tourist sites, towers were severely damaged by the earthquakes. Besides that, most of the buildings were made from low quality material because of so many historical heritage building.
So changing, the construction material will be good way at least to make the building strong and minimize any damage, although it will be the same (severe damage) as well if the earthquake happens again. Nepal also need to borrow some funds to the world bank, in order to repair and rebuild some facilities and infrastructures that were destroyed from the earthquake.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2015_Nepal_earthquake
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/25/nepal-earthquake-reduces-world-heritage-sites-to-rubble/
http://news.discovery.com/history/nepal-landmarks-destroyed-by-quake-photos-150427.htm
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http://www.google.com
