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^ The list uses data from National Seismological Centre of Nepal, not of US Geological survey. The magnitude is local magnitude. 2. ^ The earthquake of 12 May 2015 was an aftershock of Gorkha earthquake and not a separate earthquake. 3. ^ All times shown below (including the ones for Tibet) are in Nepal Standard Time and in 24-hour format ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - Thousands of Nepalis began fleeing the capital Kathmandu on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks and looming shortages of food and water after an earthquake that ...
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 One of the 2015 aftershocks: 2022-11-09 02:12 Doti see 2022 Nepal earthquake: 29.30 81.16 6 5.7 ...
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The epicenter was on the border of Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk, two districts of Nepal. This earthquake occurred on the same fault as the larger magnitude 7.8 earthquake of 25 April, but further east than the original quake. [1] As such, it is considered to be an aftershock of the April quake. [1] It struck at a depth of 18.5 km (11.5 mi).
APRIL AND MAY 2015. The worst earthquake in Nepal's history struck at four minutes to midday on April 25. It measured magnitude 7.8 and was followed by a second tremor 17 days later, killing 9,000 ...
The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) [2] Khumbutse to the right Mount Everest was approximately 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of the epicentre, and between 700 and 1,000 people were on or near the mountain when the earthquake struck, [3] [4] including 359 climbers at Base Camp, many of whom had returned after the aborted 2014 season. [5]