Human Impact of Kashmir Earthquake of 2005 and Its Effect on the Pakistani Economy
Human Impact of Kashmir earthquake of 2005 and its effect on the Pakistani Economy
Abstract This paper will detail the events of the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 in Pakistan and examine its deleterious social and economic effects on the population in this region. Through the use of a variety of primary and secondary sources, this paper will seek to identify the causes of the damage and the reasons for which its primary and secondary effects were so harmful. It will analyze the earthquake and its repercussions on the Pakistani people and their industries, particularly in the Kashmir region, in order to better understand the importance of their key business endeavours, as well as their physical and social vulnerability to such disasters. Introduction On the morning of October 8th, 2005, devastation struck the Kashmir region of Pakistan: a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed over 73,000 people and injured upwards of 128,000 (Mumatz). The epicenter of the earthquake was 19km northeast of the major city of Muzzafarabad, bordering the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges of this geographically mountainous and underdeveloped region. The focus of the earthquake was 26km deep and its duration was approximately one minute. The earthquake was caused by an immense build-up of pressure between the Indo Australian and the Eurasian Plates; both continental plates are of the same approximated densities and therefore had no subduction zone, resulting in the release of a sudden and vicious earthquake
(USGS).
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Relief map/diagram of earthquake-affected regions in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. Shows epicenter. Digital image. Mongabay. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1010-kashmir_earthquake.html>.
The Indian subcontinent experienced its most destructive earthquake in human history, followed by major economic, social, and environmental effects, largely a result of the nature of the
Abstract This paper will detail the events of the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 in Pakistan and examine its deleterious social and economic effects on the population in this region. Through the use of a variety of primary and secondary sources, this paper will seek to identify the causes of the damage and the reasons for which its primary and secondary effects were so harmful. It will analyze the earthquake and its repercussions on the Pakistani people and their industries, particularly in the Kashmir region, in order to better understand the importance of their key business endeavours, as well as their physical and social vulnerability to such disasters. Introduction On the morning of October 8th, 2005, devastation struck the Kashmir region of Pakistan: a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed over 73,000 people and injured upwards of 128,000 (Mumatz). The epicenter of the earthquake was 19km northeast of the major city of Muzzafarabad, bordering the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges of this geographically mountainous and underdeveloped region. The focus of the earthquake was 26km deep and its duration was approximately one minute. The earthquake was caused by an immense build-up of pressure between the Indo Australian and the Eurasian Plates; both continental plates are of the same approximated densities and therefore had no subduction zone, resulting in the release of a sudden and vicious earthquake
(USGS).
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Relief map/diagram of earthquake-affected regions in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. Shows epicenter. Digital image. Mongabay. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1010-kashmir_earthquake.html>.
The Indian subcontinent experienced its most destructive earthquake in human history, followed by major economic, social, and environmental effects, largely a result of the nature of the
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