- 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