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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 ).
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.
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]
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 ...
A magnitude M W 7.8 earthquake struck the region of Kathmandu in Nepal on April 25, 2015. Operation Sahayogi Haat (Nepali: "helping hands") [A] for humanitarian relief operations was put into action by Joint Task Force 505 on May 6. [4]
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 ...
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 ...
Geographic location, culture, political instability, and socioeconomic conditions contribute to slow recovery from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.Severe weather conditions, isolation of many affected villages, lack of government preparedness to recover, and difficulties of accepting and sending reconstruction supplies made the recovery process harder.