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Nepal's National Seismological Centre said the quake was a magnitude 6.4 but the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) later downgraded the magnitude to 5.7 and the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128 people and injuring dozens ...
Two earthquakes struck northwestern Nepal on Tuesday, sending tremors through the region, the country's earthquake monitoring center said. Several houses were reportedly damaged in Bajhang ...
Two strong earthquakes struck Nepal within half an hour on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The tremors had magnitudes of 5.3 followed by 6.3, acc Back-to-back earthquakes rock northwestern Nepal, injuring 17
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake had a magnitude of M ww 5.7 and a depth of 32.6 kilometres (20.3 mi). Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center recorded the earthquake at 6.4 on the local magnitude scale (M L ). [12] The epicenter was estimated to be in Ramidanda, in Jajarkot District. [2]
Nepal has witnessed at least one major earthquake per century ever since. The following is a list of earthquakes in Nepal . It includes only major seismic events with their epicentre in the country, and those that occurred outside the country, that resulted in a significant loss of life and property in the country.
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) [7] [11] killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 M w [ 1 ] or 8.1 M s [ 12 ] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X ( Extreme ).
At least 157 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday and toppled multiple buildings, as officials warned that the death toll ...