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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. Show comments
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 ...
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks damaged nearly two dozen houses in the hilly Dhading district near Nepal's capital Sunday, an official said. The shaking also caused a landslide in ...
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.
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]
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More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts ...
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.