Earthquake Magnitude Nepal
Nepal earthquake earthquake of 5 0 magnitude strikes nepal.
Earthquake magnitude nepal. Nepal faces larger and more deadly earthquakes even after the magnitude 7 8 temblor that killed more than 5 000 people on saturday. An earthquake of magnitude 3 5 jolted lalitpur district of nepal on wednesday the national seismological center said. Epicenter at 27 85 84 819 42 2 km from bharatpur 26 2 miles.
A moderate earthquake of 5 3 magnitude rocked central nepal late last night sending panic stricken people out of their homes and bringing back awful memories of the devastating quake of 2015 that. It occurred at 11 56 nepal standard time on 25 april 2015 with a magnitude of 7 8m w or 8 1m s and a maximum mercalli intensity of viii severe its epicenter was east of gorkha district at barpak gorkha and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8 2 km 5 1 mi. The earthquake struck at 4 30 pm local time with its epicentre near.
The first documented earthquake event in the country dates back to 7 june 1255 during the reign of king abhaya malla the quake measuring 7 8 on the richter scale took the life of the king and wiped out a third of kathmandu s then population. Some two weeks earlier the country had been devastated by a magnitude 7 8 earthquake. Kathmandu nepal august 5 ani.
The april 2015 nepal earthquake also known as the gorkha earthquake killed nearly 9 000 people and injured nearly 22 000. Lying in one of the most seismically active regions of the world nepal has a long history of earthquakes. 4 7 magnitude earthquake 2018 06 28 04 07 50 utc at 04 07 june 28 2018 utc location.
An earthquake measuring 5 0 on the richter scale struck nepal on sunday evening local time country s national seismological center said. A 3 5 magnitude earthquake shook kathmandu valley on wednesday. A moderate earthquake of 5 3 magnitude rocked central nepal late last night sending panic stricken people out of their homes and bringing back awful memories of the devastating quake.