News Highlights (till June 20, 2015):
- 2 major shocks > 7 Mw
- 4 aftershocks > 6.6 Mw
- more than 26 aftershocks > 5.1 Mw
- Over 300 aftershock of magnitude greater than 4.6 Mw
- More than 10,000 deaths and 25,000 injured
The earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 at 11:56am NST
(06:11:26 UTC) at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) (which is considered
shallow and therefore more damaging than quakes that originate deeper in the
ground), with its epicenter approximately 34 km (21 mi) east-southeast of
Lamjung, Nepal, lasting approximately twenty seconds. The first quake measured
7.9 Mw and its epicenter was identified at a distance of 80 km to the northwest
of the capital Kathmandu. The second earthquake was somewhat less powerful at
6.6 Mw. The seismic focus lay at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi) below the earth's
surface. Bharatpur was the nearest major city to the main earthquake, 53 km (33
mi) from the epicenter. The second earthquake occurred 81 km (50 mi) northwest
of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Over 3 hundred and four aftershocks of
magnitude 4.5 Mw or greater occurred following the initial earthquake,
including one of magnitude 7.3 and 6.3 6.8 Mw on May 12, 2015 at Dolkha,
epicenter.
Around 8,836+ people died and 21,954+
injured till date in the first main earthquake on 25 April while 218+ died and
2500+ injured in the aftershock of May 12 at Dolakha district (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aftershocks_of_April_2015_Nepal_earthquake).
(Source: www.http://lcccrsp.org/)
