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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
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Two earthquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, authorities said. The landslide ...
Kathmandu, Bihar see 1988 Nepal earthquake: 26.775 86.616 1,091 6.9 [10] 2011-09-18 18:29 Sikkim see 2011 Sikkim earthquake: 27.33 88.62 111 6.9 2015-04-25 11:56 Gorkha see April 2015 Nepal earthquake: 28.147 84.708 8,857 7.8 or 8.1 see also list of 2015 aftershocks [11] 2015-05-12 12:38 Dolakha see May 2015 Nepal earthquake: 27.97 85.96 213 7.3
Earthquakes along these thrust faults have been devastating in historic times. [8] Based on a study published in 2013, of the Main Frontal Thrust, on average a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake occurs every 750 ± 140 and 870 ± 350 years in the east Nepal region. [9] A study from 2015 found a 700-year delay between earthquakes in the region.
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 1988 Nepal earthquake occurred near the Nepal–India border on 20 August 1988 at 23:09:09 UTC. [5] The epicenter was located in Udayapur District. [6] Measuring M w 6.9, it was the largest earthquake recorded in the country since 1934. [7] [8] The death toll in Nepal and Bihar stood at 1,003.
Earthquakes are common in Nepal. In 1934, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sagarmatha, killing over 10,700 in Nepal and in Bihar, India. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck eastern Nepal in 1988, killing over 700. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,900 in central Nepal, many in the capital Kathmandu.
Minutes later, another 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal with its epicenter in Ramechhap, east of Kathmandu. The earthquake was felt in Bangladesh, China and many other states in India. [9] The impact of these tremors was felt even 1,000 kilometres away in the Indian capital New Delhi, where buildings shook and office workers evacuated. [10]