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THE SECOND NEPAL EARTHQUAKE OF MAY 12, 2015
(Around Noon, Tuesday) M7.3, 18.5 km depth,
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Disaster Reduction, Vienna,
Virginia, USA Virginia, USA
The May 12th earthquake was centered 76 km (47 miles) east of the capital in a hilly area close to the border with Tibet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It happened at 12:35 PM on the seventeenth day after the M7.8
April 25th earthquake that killed over 8,200, injured nearly 18,000, damaged or destroyed around ½
million buildings, triggered avalanches and landslides, and
damaged roads.
The May 12th quake was followed by at least 17
aftershocks, including one M6.3 event, that caused people
to stay outside their homes and buildings and even to
evacuate hospitals.
EARLY REPORTS
• Medecins Sans Frontieres emergency coordinator Dan Sermand said the village of Charikot near the epicenter had suffered the worst damage of the three villages the organization had surveyed by helicopter.
• An Indian Air Force team brought 11 injured people to Kathmandu from the Charikot area.
IMPACTS: ALREADY “BAD” BECOME “WORSE”
• “People panicked and rushed outside houses, buildings, and Parliament buildings, and stay outside because of fear of collapse from the aftershocks.”
• Damaged hospital evacuated.
IMPACTS: ALREADY “BAD” BECOME “WORSE”
• “People panicked.”
• "Damaged houses were further damaged or destroyed.”
• “Houses and schools building spared before were not spared yesterday.”
PROJECT HOPE
• Project HOPE deployed a team of 14 medical volunteers and three staff after the April 25th earthquake to coordinate with the World Health Organization, United Nations and Nepal's Ministry of Health.
• Like others, the HOPE Team slept outside many nights before the May 12th earthquake occurred.
PROJECT HOPE
• As panic spread at the Manmohan Memorial Teaching Hospital where HOPE medical volunteers were working, patients were escorted out of the building.
• The medical team swiftly set up a triage center near the emergency room.
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URGENT NEED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES
• Project HOPE shipped USD $2.2 million of medicines to Nepal to help meet the shortfall in medical supplies.
IMPACTS: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
• “Among the 14 quake-hit districts, some are inaccessible.
• A large part of the population can not be reached because of new landslides and damage to the roads.“
LANDSLIDES AND ROAD DAMAGE
• The area experienced 17 landslides that occurred along a single road between Nyalam County and the Nepal border.
ROAD CLEARANCE IS URGENT
• More than 400 military personnel, police and other emergency relief workers have been sent to the stricken areas for road clearance.
When the April 25th earthquake struck, the
Nepal Army only had nine functioning helicopters,
plus approximately 22 more belonging to private
operators.
Meanwhile, more than 100 foreign mountaineers and
their Nepali staff were airlifted by private
helicopters, angering many Nepalese waiting for
evacuation and/or relief.
Mounting demands for emergency supplies across the country have
completely overwhelmed local capabilities, prompting India,
China, and the United States to contribute 23 more helicopters to
the relief efforts..
IMPACTS: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
• "Some locations are even difficult to reach by helicopter.”
• “We are facing monumental challenge to support the government in these districts, and to have a credible and timely response,"
The main bottleneck to relief efforts is Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Nepal’s one-runway facility
with adjoining helipad, military base, and customs
house that is overwhelmed.
DEATHS AND INJURIES: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
• At least 76 people were killed in India, Nepal and Tibet, and more than 2,000 were injured in the May 12th earthquake, - - -
• adding to earlier tolls of over 8,200 dead and almost 18,000 injured in the April 25th quake.
FROM BAD TO WORSE ON HOUSING
• The May 12th earthquake added to the housing deficit, which, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, reached nearly ½ million (255,954 destroyed; 234,102 damaged) in the April 25th quake.