Nepal Earthquake (2015)

  • Also called Gorkha earthquake
  • Magnitude – 7.8
  • Time – 06:11 AM GMT | 25 April 2015
  • Depth – 15 Km
  • Epicenter – in the Barpak village of the Gorkha district
  • Near Kathmandu |34 km east-southeast of Lamjung |77 km northwest of Kathmandu
  • 2 large aftershocks – 6.6 & 6.7 – within 24 hours
  • Around 9,000 people killed | 22,000+ injured
  • Nepal’s 31 districts & 8 million people affected
  • 600,000 structures damaged/destroyed
  • May 12 aftershock – 7.3 | 100 killed | around 2000 injured
  • Epicenter – 76 km east-northeast of Kathmandu
  • Overall loss – worth – $7 billion | National Planning Commission of Nepal

Tremors felt,

  • Central and eastern Nepal
  • Northern India
  • Northwestern Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Southern Tibet

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