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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.
Operation Sankat Mochan (Nepali: संकट मोचन, Operation Crisis Relief) is a Nepal Army earthquake relief operation following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; the Nepal Army has deployed 90 percent of its force. [3] [4] [5]
A statement from the U.S. Department of Defense says that their fast response relief efforts in Nepal likely reduced the scale of further disaster following the earthquake. [5] Another earthquake on May 12 of M W 7.3 struck the same general region of Kathmandu on the same fault as the April earthquake. Humanitarian relief efforts were ...
The earthquake was reported to be of 6.4 magnitude, according to Nepal’s National Seismological Centre. ... it was the country's worst quake in eight years since the devastating 2015 tremors ...
Earthquake experts say they knew Nepal would be hit by a natural disaster. According to the Newser about 50 scientists from around the world traveled to Kathmandu one week ago to figure out how to ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A new earthquake killed dozens of people Tuesday and spread more fear and misery in Nepal, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating quake nearly three weeks ...
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (or the Himalayan earthquake) [4] occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April with a moment magnitude (M w) of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was approximately 34 km (21 mi) east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). [5]
Map of the earthquake and aftershocks at 12 May, showing location of major historical earthquakes. The earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 at 11:56 am NST (06:11:25 UTC) at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi) (which is considered shallow and therefore more damaging than quakes that originate deeper in the ground), [28] with its epicentre approximately 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Lamjung ...