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An earthquake struck Nepal at 11:56:25 NST on 25 April 2015 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 (or 8.1M s) [1] and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It was the most powerful earthquake to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) [8] [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 ).
The Nepal humanitarian crisis (2015-2017) developed owing to a lack of action following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks. It was compounded by political factors as a result of the 2015 Nepal blockade. Victims of the earthquakes were still living in flimsy, temporary shelters more than a year after the initial devastation.
Geographic location, culture, political instability, and socioeconomic conditions contribute to slow recovery from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.Severe weather conditions, isolation of many affected villages, lack of government preparedness to recover, and difficulties of accepting and sending reconstruction supplies made the recovery process harder.
Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal in April 2015, The Gurkha Welfare Trust was among the first relief organisations to respond to the disaster, making use of its extensive local footprint to deploy patrol teams including mobile doctors. The teams distributed emergency financial, medical and material aid such as food and ...
In 2015, a magnitude-7.8 quake struck near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing about 9,000 people and injuring thousands in that country’s worst earthquake A huge quake in Sichuan province in ...
The remains of Dharahara after the 2015 earthquake. On 25 April 2015, at 11:56 NST, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.8 (M w), hit Kathmandu and its surrounding region, leading to the collapse of the tower. [5] The earthquake's epicenter was approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal. [4]
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.