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Tag: Kathmandu

  • Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:33 UTC

    Kathmandu is estimated to have moved 3 meters to the south, because of Nepal tremor

    An area of about 150 kilometers long and 50 km wide in a fault running underneath the Kathmandu valley, gave in after decades of pressure

    The tremor which struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, killing more than 5,500 people so far, may have caused a land area around the capital Kathmandu to budge by several meters, experts say. The estimate is about 3 meters southward, according to initial analysis of seismological data obtained from sound waves which travel through Earth after an earthquake, said University of Cambridge tectonics expert James Jackson.

  • Monday, April 27th 2015 - 06:58 UTC

    No end in suffering for Nepal: officially 3.220 dead and powerful aftershocks

    Officials have warned that the number of casualties could rise as rescue teams reach remote mountainous areas of western Nepal.

    At least 3,218 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials. Rameshwor Dangal, head of Nepal's disaster management agency, said another 6,500 people had been injured. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighboring China and India.