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Landslide risk remains high a year after magnitude-7.8 Nepal earthquake
Phys Org   26 April 2016   Nepal   Nepal landslides  
Marin Clark assessing boulders deposited during a monsoon-triggered debris flow near Timbu, Nepal. Credit: Dimitrios Zekkos
<p>With the monsoon fast approaching, the landslide risk in Nepal remains high a year after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people, according to a University of Michigan-led research team.</p><p>The April 25, 2015, earthquake struck ...
Quake heightens Nepal landslide concern
BBC NEWS   13 May 2015   Nepal   Namche Bazar  
Even when the aftershocks subside, the population will need to be alert to monsoon-triggered problems / BBC / REUTERS
<p>The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal on Tuesday was an aftershock that the country could really have done without.<br />To make matters even worse, the epicentre of this quake lies right under one of the most landslide-prone parts of the country, ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Landsat 8 Reveals Extent of Quake Disaster in Nepal’s Langtang Valley
NASA   02 May 2015   Nepal   Langtang Valley  
Pre and post event Nasa picture
<p>The magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015, caused extensive damage in Kathmandu Valley and severely affected Nepal's rural areas. The Langtang Valley in the Rasuwa district was particularly hard hit, as became apparent from ...
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Buildings collapse, more than 1,800 killed as 7.9 magnitude quake strikes Nepal
South China Morning Post   26 April 2015   Nepal   Kathmandu  
Nepal earthquake damage
<p>A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India yesterday, killing more than 1,800 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation ...
Earthquake rocks North India, Nepal: 7.5 magnitude tremor rattles Kathmandu Valley
india.com   25 April 2015   Nepal   Kathmandu  
Nepal earthquake 7,5 magnitude
<p>A major earthquake rattled various parts of North India with the epicentre in Nepal on Saturday afternoon. Places including Delhi, Jaipur, Ranchi, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal experienced the natural disaster. The earthquake was of 7.5 magnitude on Richter scale ...