"Earthquake History" The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed almost 9,000 people and 22,000 are injured. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 or 8.1. The epicenter was east of Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Source: wikipedia | The Watchmen's Earth and Spac

2015 Nepal Earthquakes and Landslides — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015. Along with damage due to shaking, the earthquake and its aftershocks triggered many large and small landslides throughout the region. As of early May, over 3,000 individual landslides had been identified, based on analysis of hundreds of satellite images collected after the earthquake. The animation shows an image pair acquired by WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 over one example location near the town

A day after Nepal's deadly earthquake, drone video shot by Kishor Rana captures devastation in Kathmandu from above. For more: http://nbcnews.to/1bLfa6S | NBC News

【Throwback April: Earthquake that hit #Nepal】 Throwback April 2015: Two earthquakes hit Nepal on 25 April and 12 May 2015, killing an estimated 8,500 people and injuring another 20,000. When the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, with its epicentre in the Gorkha district, MSF ran mobile clinics and supplied shelter and hygiene kits to help affected populations in need. In some villages, teams found houses and health facilities totally destroyed, prompting MSF to provide the people with