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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center said its epicenter was at Jajarkot, which is about 250 miles northeast of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. Earthquakes are common in ...
Earthquakes are common in mountainous Nepal. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 killed around 9,000 people and damaged about 1 million structures. Upendra Man Singh contributed to this report.
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 ).
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.
Aid trickled in to villages Monday in Nepal’s northwest mountains flattened by a strong earthquake over the weekend as villagers searched through the rubble of their collapsed homes to salvage ...