Nepal, a landlocked country nestled in the Himalayas, experienced a devastating earthquake that claimed the lives of over 130 individuals, leaving many more injured. With communication cut off at many places in the Himalayan country, the toll is expected to rise. The poor, mountainous nation wedged between Asian giants China and India has been hit by quakes often, with the deadliest recorded in 2015 when about 9,000 people were killed in two earthquakes. Let us look at some of the worst earthquakes that have hit the country since 2015.
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00:00 Nepal, a landlocked country nestled in the Himalayas, experienced a devastating earthquake
00:07 that has claimed the lives of over 130 individuals and has left many more injured.
00:13 With communications cut off at many places in the Himalayan country, the toll is expected
00:18 to rise.
00:19 The poor mountainous nation wedged between Asian giants China and India has been hit
00:24 by quakes often, with the deadliest recorded in 2015 when about 9,000 people were killed
00:30 in two earthquakes.
00:31 Let us look at some of the worst earthquakes that have hit the country since 2015.
00:38 April and May 2015
00:41 Nepal experienced the most devastating earthquake in its history on April 25 when the quake
00:47 struck at 4 minutes to midday.
00:50 This earthquake measured a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale and was followed by a
00:55 second tremor 17 days later, resulting in a total of 9,000 casualties.
01:02 Overall 8 million people were impacted by the 2015 earthquake, often referred to as
01:07 the Gorkha earthquake, which is almost one-third of the population of Nepal.
01:12 The housing sector was by far the most affected, also given that numerous houses in poorer
01:17 rural areas did not have any seismic-resistant features.
01:21 Over 500,000 houses were destroyed and another 269,000 damaged, which included historical
01:29 and cultural monuments recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
01:34 In addition, it also destroyed or damaged infrastructure livelihoods, example, in the
01:38 agriculture and tourism sector were also critically impacted.
01:43 The most lethal earthquake Nepal had previously faced occurred in 1934, claiming the lives
01:48 of at least 8,519 people within Nepal and causing the unfortunate loss of thousands
01:54 more in neighboring India.
01:56 September 16, 2020
01:59 An earthquake measuring magnitude 6 struck Nepal and tremors caused by the quake were
02:04 felt in the capital, Kathmandu.
02:07 The earthquake epicenter was in the same district where landslides that year killed 75 people
02:12 and 40 people went missing.
02:13 More than 1,500 households had been displaced and above 3,000 households had to be relocated
02:19 in safer places.
02:20 The district was one of the most affected by the 2015 earthquake also, with 3,571 people
02:26 killed and 1,565 injured and 78,500 houses completely destroyed.
02:34 November 2022
02:37 On November 9, an earthquake in western Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of them
02:42 children as the tremor destroyed mud and brick houses in remote communities living in the
02:46 foothills of the Himalayas.
02:48 A couple of days later, on November 12, another earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck Nepal,
02:53 shaking houses in the Himalayan country and India.
02:57 January 24, 2023
03:00 At least one person died and more than two dozen houses were damaged in a remote Nepalese
03:04 district after an earthquake of magnitude 5.6.
03:07 Tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi.
03:11 October 3, 2023
03:14 In western Nepal, a pair of earthquakes struck, resulting in 17 people sustaining injuries,
03:19 causing structural damages to homes and triggering a landslide that obstructed a significant
03:24 highway.
03:25 Following these seismic events with magnitudes of 6.3 and 5.3, which occurred in the Bajhang
03:30 district along the border with India, a landslide occurred, blocking access to the southern
03:34 plains via the affected road.
03:37 November 3, 2023
03:40 Recently, a powerful earthquake rocked the western region of Jajarkot, resulting in the
03:44 tragic loss of more than 130 lives and leaving numerous individuals injured.
03:49 The impact of the quake was so intense that it caused buildings to collapse in the affected
03:52 areas and its tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi, the capital of neighboring India.
03:59 The German Research Center for Geosciences measured the quake at magnitude 5.7, while
04:04 the US Geological Survey pegged it at 5.6.
04:07 Rescue operations are underway in Nepal's Jajarkot and the death toll may rise further.
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