EARTHQUAKE VISULAIZED

How Nepal Earthquake HappenedNepal sits right where the Indo-Australian Plate is pushing itself beneath the Eurasian Plate, a collision that gave rise to the Himalayan Mountains. As the plates push, pressure builds, eventually resulting in a quake to relieve that pressure.

And according to Nature, the Indo-Australian Plate is still pushing itself under the Eurasian Plate at a rate of nearly 2 inches per year.

Where the place Earthquake happen in Nepal

A 7.8 earthquake that hit near Katmandu, Nepal, on Saturday has killed thousands of people and devastated the region

It Also Includes This Home Ministry Breakdown Of The Victims By Area:

Sindhupalchwok

875808Kathmandu

Dhading

247

Nuwakot

245Gorkha

223

232Bhaktapur

16Khotang

Makwanpur

3315

Okhaldhunga

155Lalitpur

150Rasuwa

65Dolakha

29Ramechhap

Kavre

191

Thousands need shelter in country little able to copeThe UN’s World Food Programme said a “massive” aid operation will start on Tuesday.Unicef said nearly one million children in Nepal were severely a�ected by the earth quake.

1 MILLION CHILDREN

What UN Says

Last Time Earthquake Hit NepalMajor Earthquakes In The Region Are So Regular That They Occur Roughly Every 75-80 Years. With The Last One Hitting Justeast Of Kathmandu 81 Years Ago In 1934, Most Seismologists Believed The Area Was Due For Another.

Katmandu Valley is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in South Asia, and many of the people who flocked to the city live in unreinforced masonry buildings.

Some Two- Or Three-story Buildings Have Been Raised As High As Eight Stories, Increasing The Chance

They Could Collapse With Major Shaking.

Why was the Nepal earthquake so deadly?

Have There Been Any Aftershocks?

There have been dozens of Aftershocks since Saturday’s quake, and they continued through Sunday night. The worst,A Magnitude

6.7, HITearly Sunday Afternoon.

Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Expected To Rise Sharply

Aftershocks Hinder Rescue E�orts in the Himalayan nation as death toll passes 3,800 after a Devastating 7.8 magnitude quake Near Kathmandu

One Aid Worker Told The Guardian That He Feared That As Many As 15,000 Have Been Killed.

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