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After the second earthquake on 12 May 2015, Dambar Parajuli, president of the Expedition Operators' Association of Nepal, said there were no climbers or Nepali sherpa guides remaining at Everest Base Camp. [28] As a result, no one climbed Mount Everest in the spring of 2015, the first time in 41 years that this has happened. [5]
Everest and Nepal rattled. Anna Guo, a 18-year-old college student traveling with a tour group, was about to depart Shigatse and head southwest to see Mount Everest when the ground started shaking ...
The epicenter was about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the China-Nepal border. ... About 140 miles from the epicenter in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, the earthquake woke up ...
Photos taken after the massive avalanche that tore down Everest after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake gives a clue to the chaotic scene that unfolded at base camp. The wall of snow, which had gathered ...
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]
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 ).
The Mount Qomolangma (Everest) Scenic Area on the China side was closed after the earthquake, ... The 2015 M7.3 Nepal earthquake was an aftershock of the April 25, 2015 M7.8 Nepal earthquake. ...
In Nepal, 13 people were injured, including 11 in Bara, and one each from Kavrepalanchok and Kathmandu. Two homes were destroyed, and 12 others and a police station were damaged across the country. [39] [40] [41] Near the base camp of Mount Everest, a climber on the mountain's Nepalese side saw avalanches. [30]