Date | 25 April 2015 |
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Origin time | 11:56:26 NST[1] |
Magnitude | 7.8Mw[1]or 8.1 Ms[2] |
Depth | 15.0 kilometers (9 mi)[1] |
Epicenter | 28.147°N 84.708°ECoordinates: 28.147°N 84.708°E[1] |
Map of the earthquake and its aftershocks
More than 3,300 deaths have been confirmed, and the death toll is expected to rise. At least 18 were killed and dozens more were injured on Mount Everest , where the quake launched an avalanche. Dozens if not hundreds remain trapped under mounds of rubble. The nation's capital of Katmandu was particularly hard hit.
The quake struck before noon local time about 50 miles northwest of Katmandu in an area that the U.S. Geological Survey calls one of the most seismically hazardous regions on Earth. It was felt as far away as Lahore, Pakistan ; Lhasa, Tibet ; and Dhaka, Bangladesh . Multiple aftershocks, including one registered at magnitude-6.7, followed.
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