2015 Nepal earthquake

The 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha

earthquake),* [7]* [8] which killed more than 7,000 peo-
ple and injured more than twice as many,* [lower-roman
1] occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April, with a moment
magnitude (Mw ) of 7.8Mw * [1] or 8.1Ms * [2] and a maxi-
mum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was
the village of Barpak, Gorkha district, and its hypocenter
was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi).* [1]
It was the most powerful disaster to strike Nepal since the
1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake.* [9]* [10]* [11] Some casu-
alties were also reported in the adjoining areas of India,
China, and Bangladesh.* [12]
Map of the earthquake and its aftershocks
The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest,
killing at least 19,* [13] making it the deadliest day on
the mountain in history.* [14] It triggered another huge
avalanche in Langtang valley, where 250 were reported were registered in Nepal at 06:11 UTC and 06:45 UTC.
missing.* [15]* [16] The rst quake measured 7.9 Mw and its epicenter was
identied at a distance of 80 km to the northwest of
Hundreds of thousands of people were made home-
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Bharatpur was the
less with entire villages attened,* [15]* [17]* [18] across
nearest major city to the main earthquake, 53 km (33 mi)
many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings
from the epicenter. The second earthquake was some-
were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the
what less powerful at 6.6 Mw . It occurred 65 km (40 mi)
Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu
east of Kathmandu and its seismic focus lay at a depth of
Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square and the
10 km (6.2 mi) below the earth's surface. Over thirty-ve
Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Geophysicists and other ex-
aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 Mw or greater occurred in
perts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable
the day following the initial earthquake, including the one
to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geol-
* * of magnitude 6.6 Mw .* [24]
ogy, urbanization, and architecture. [19] [20]
According to the USGS, the temblor was caused by a sud-
Continued aftershocks occurred throughout Nepal within
den thrust, or release of built-up stress, along the major
15-20 minute intervals, with one shock reaching a magni-
fault line where the Indian Plate, carrying India, is slowly
tude of 6.7 on 26 April at 12:54:08 NST.* [4] The country
diving underneath the Eurasian Plate, carrying much of
also had a continued risk of landslides.* [21]
Europe and Asia.* [22] Kathmandu, situated on a block
of crust approximately 120 km (75 miles) wide and 60
km (37 miles) long, reportedly shifted 3 m (10 ft) to the
1 Earthquake south in just 30 seconds.* [25]
The risk of a large earthquake was well known before-
The earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 at 11:56 a.m. hand. In 2013, in an interview with seismologist Vinod
NST (06:11:26 UTC) at a depth of approximately 15 Kumar Gaur, The Hindu quoted him as saying,Calcula-
km (9.3 mi) (which is considered shallow and therefore tions show that there is sucient accumulated energy [in
more damaging than quakes that originate deeper in the the MFT], now to produce an 8 magnitude earthquake.
ground),* [22] with its epicenter approximately 34 km I cannot say when. It may not happen tomorrow, but
(21 mi) east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal, lasting ap- it could possibly happen sometime this century, or wait
proximately twenty seconds.* [23] The earthquake was longer to produce a much larger one.* [26] According
initially reported as 7.5 Mw by the United States Geo- to Brian Tucker, founder of a nonprot organisation de-
logical Survey (USGS) before it was quickly upgraded voted to reducing casualties from natural disasters, some
to 7.9 Mw and nally downgraded to 7.8 Mw . The government ocials had expressed condence that such
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported an earthquake would not occur again. Tucker recounted a
the earthquake's magnitude to be 8.1 Ms . The India Me- conversation he had had with a government ocial in the
teorological Department (IMD) said two powerful quakes 1990s who said, We don't have to worry about earth-

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2 1 EARTHQUAKE

quakes anymore, because we already had an earthquake";

the previous earthquake to which he referred occurred in
1934.* [27]

1.1 Geology

Nepal earthquake ShakeMap

M6+ Himalayan region earthquakes, 19002014

1.2 Intensity
Nepal lies towards the southern limit of the diuse
collisional boundary where the Indian Plate underthrusts According to Did You Feel It?" (DYFI?) responses
the Eurasian Plate,* [28] occupying the central sector ofon the USGS website, the intensity in Kathmandu was
the Himalayan arc, nearly one-third of the 2,400 km IX (Violent).* [1] Tremors were felt in the neighbor-
(1,500 mi) long Himalayas. Geologically, the Nepal Hi- ing Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West
malayas are sub-divided into ve tectonic zones from Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,
north to south, east to west and almost parallel to Gujarat,* [35] in the Indian capital region around New
sub-parallel.* [29] These ve distinct morpho-geotectonicDelhi* [36] and as far south as Karnataka.* [37] Many
zones are: (1) Terai Plain, (2) Sub Himalaya (Sivalik buildings were brought down in Bihar. Minor cracks
Range), (3) Lesser Himalaya (Mahabharat Range and in the walls of houses were reported in Odisha. Mi-
mid valleys), (4) Higher Himalaya, and (5) Inner Hi- nor quakes were registered as far as Kochi in the south-
malaya (Tibetan Tethys).* [30] Each of these zones is ern state of Kerala. The intensity in Patna was V
clearly identied by their morphological, geological, and(Moderate).* [38] The intensity was IV (Light) in Dhaka,
tectonic features.* [30] Bangladesh.* [1] The earthquake was also experienced
across southwestern China, ranging from the Tibet Au-
The convergence rate between the plates in central Nepal
tonomous Region to Chengdu, which is 1,900 km (1,200
is about 45 mm (1.8 in) per year. The location, mag-
mi) away from the epicenter.* [39] Tremors were felt in
nitude, and focal mechanism of the earthquake suggest
Pakistan* [40] and Bhutan.* [1]
that it was caused by a slip along the Main Frontal
Thrust.* [1]* [31]
The earthquake's eects were amplied in Kathmandu 1.3 Aftershocks
as it sits on the Kathmandu Basin, which contains up to
600 m (2,000 ft) of sedimentary rocks, representing the Main article: List of aftershocks after the 2015 Nepal
inlling of a lake.* [32] earthquake
Based on a study published in 2014, of the Main Frontal
Thrust, on average a great earthquake occurs every 750 A major aftershock of magnitude 6.7 Mw occurred
140 and 870 350 years in the east Nepal region.* [33] A on 26 April 2015 in the same region at 12:55 NST
study from 2015 found a 700-year delay between earth- (07:09 UTC), with an epicenter located about 17 km (11
quakes in the region. The study also suggests that because mi) south of Kodari, Nepal.* [40]* [41] The aftershock
of tectonic stress buildup, the earthquake from 1934 in caused fresh avalanches on Mount Everest and was felt in
Nepal and the 2015 quake are connected, following a his- many places in northern India including Kolkata, Siliguri,
toric earthquake pattern.* [34] Jalpaiguri and Assam.* [42] The aftershock caused a land-
2.2 Damage 3

slide on the Koshi Highway which blocked the section of 2.1.1 Avalanches on Mount Everest
the road between Bhedetar and Mulghat.* [43]
A model of GeoGateway, based on a United States Ge- Main article: 2015 Mount Everest avalanches
ological Survey mechanism of a near-horizontal fault as
well as location of aftershocks showed that the fault was This earthquake caused many avalanches on Mount Ever-
an 11 dip striking at 295, 50 km (31 mi) wide, 150 est. At least 19 climbers, including Google executive Dan
km (93 mi) long, and had a dip slip of 3 m (9.8 ft).* [44] Fredinburg,* [75] died, with others injured or missing.
The USGS says the aftershock on Sunday registered at a
shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).* [42]
Assuming that this earthquake was the largest event in 2.1.2 Landslides in the Langtang Valley
this seismic episode, Nepal could expect more than 30
aftershocks greater than magnitude 5 over the following In the Langtang valley located in Langtang National
month.* [45] As of 1 May 2015, 120 aftershocks had oc- Park around 250 people were reported missing after an
curred with dierent epicenters and magnitudes above 4 avalanche hit the village of Ghodatabela* [76] and the
Mw .* [46]* [47] village of Langtang. The avalanche was estimated to have
been two to three kilometres wide. Ghodatabela was an
area popular on the Langtang trekking route.* [77] The
village of Langtang has been destroyed by the avalanche.
2 Aftermath Around 300 were estimated to have died in smaller set-
tlements on the outskirts of Langtang that were buried
2.1 Casualties during the earthquake, such as Chyamki, Thangsyap, and
Mundu. Twelve locals and two foreigners were believed
Nepal to have survived. Smaller landslides occurred in the
Trishuli River Valley with reports of signicant damage
at Mailung, Simle, and Archale.* [16]* [78]* [79]* [80] On
The earthquake killed more than 7,500* [70] and injured 4 May it was announced that 52 bodies had been found
more than twice as many, as of 1 May 2015,* [lower- in the Langtang area, of which seven were of foreign-
roman 1] * [48] Nepal's Prime Minister, Sushil Koirala, ers.* [81]
has said* [10] that the number could reach 10,000.* [71]
The rural death toll may have been lower than it could
have been as villagers were outdoors working when the
2.2 Damage
quake hit.* [72]
The Himalayan Times reported that as many as 20,000 The Dharahara tower
foreign nationals may have been visiting Nepal at the time
of the earthquake, although reports of foreign deaths were
relatively low.* [73] Hundreds of people are still consid-
ered missing and more than 450,000 are displaced.* [49]

India

A total of 78 deaths were reported in India - 58 in Bi-

har, 16 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in West Bengal and 1 in Ra-
jasthan.* [74]

People's Republic of China

25 dead

Bangladesh Before the earthquake

4 dead

Bhutan

No dead but earthquake felt.

4 2 AFTERMATH
After the earthquake
Hundreds of thousands of houses were destroyed across
many districts of the country, with entire villages at-
tened, especially those near the epicentre.* [15]* [17]* [18]
The Tribhuvan International Airport serving Kathmandu
was closed immediately after the quake, but was re-
opened later in the day for relief operations and, later, for
some commercial ights.* [82] It subsequently shut down
operations sporadically due to aftershocks,* [83] and on 3
May was closed temporarily to the largest planes for fear
of runway damage.* [84] Many workers were not at their
posts, either from becoming earthquake casualties or be-
cause they were dealing with its after eects.* [85] Flights
resumed from Pokhara, to the west of the epicentre, on
27 April.* [86]
Kathmandu Durbar Square before the earthquake
Building damage as a result of the earthquake
Reports from Christian websites reported that some
church buildings fell onto the heads of congregations
while they were praying leaving at least 500 Christians Road damage in Nepal
dead. Several of the 400 churches in the Kathmandu val-
ley were wiped out.* [87]* [88]
Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site, collapsed,* [23] as did the Dharahara tower, built in
1832; the collapse of the latter structure killed at least
180 people,* [89]* [90]* [91]* [92] Manakamana Temple
in Gorkha was also destroyed. The northern side of
Janaki Mandir was reported to have been damaged.* [93]
Several temples, including Kasthamandap, Panchtale
temple, the nine-storey Basantapur Durbar, the Dasa Av-
tar temple and two dewals located behind the Shiva Par-
vati temple were demolished by the quake. Some other
monuments, including the Kumari Temple and the Taleju
Bhawani Temple partially collapsed.* [12]* [94]
The top of the Jay Bageshwori Temple in Gaushala and
some parts of the Pashupatinath Temple, Swyambhunath,
Boudhanath Stupa, Ratna Mandir, inside Rani Pokhari,
and Durbar High School have been destroyed.* [95]
In Patan, the Char Narayan Mandir, the statue of Yog
Narendra Malla, a pati inside Patan Durbar Square, the
Taleju Temple, the Hari Shanker, Uma Maheshwor Tem-
ple and the Machhindranath Temple in Bungmati were
destroyed. In Tripureshwor, the Kal Mochan Ghat, a tem-
ple inspired by Mughal architecture, was completely de-
stroyed and the nearby Tripura Sundari also suered sig-
nicant damage. In Bhaktapur, several monuments, in-
cluding the Fasi Deva temple, the Chardham temple and
the 17th century Vatsala Durga Temple, were fully or par-
tially destroyed.* [95]
Outside the Valley, the Manakamana Temple in Gorkha,
the Gorkha Durbar, the Palanchowk Bhagwati, in
Kavrepalanchowk District, the Rani Mahal in Palpa Dis-
trict, the Janaki Mandir in Janakpur, the Churiyamai
in Makwanpur District, the Dolakha Bhimsensthan in
Dolakha District, and the Nuwakot Durbar were par-
tially destroyed. Historian Prushottam Lochan Shrestha
stated, We have lost most of the monuments that had
been designated as World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu,
Bhaktapur and Lalitpur District, Nepal. They cannot be
restored to their original states.* [95]
2.3 Economic eects
3.1 Role of the internet, social media and mainstream media 5

Concern was expressed that harvests could be reduced
or lost this season as people aected by the earthquake
would have only a short time to plant crops before the
onset of the Monsoon rains.* [96]
Nepal, with a total Gross Domestic Product of
USD$19.921 billion (according to a 2012 estimate),* [97]
is one of Asia's poorest countries, and has little ability to
fund a major reconstruction eort on its own.* [98] Even
before the quake, the Asian Development Bank estimated
that it would need to spend about four times more than
it currently does annually on infrastructure through 2020
to attract investment.* [98] The U.S. Geological Survey
initially estimated economic losses from the temblor at
9 percent to 50 percent of gross domestic product, with
a best guess of 35 percent. Its too hard for now to
tell the extent of the damage and the eect on Nepals
GDP, according to Hun Kim, an Asian Development
Bank (ADB) ocial. The ADB said on the 28th that it
would provide a USD$3 million grant to Nepal for im-
mediate relief eorts, and up to USD$200 million for the
rst phase of rehabilitation.* [98]
Rajiv Biswas, an economist at a Colorado, USA, based
consultancy said, that rebuilding the economy will need
international eort over the next few years as it could eas-
ily exceed US $5 billion, or about 20 percent of Nepal's
gross domestic product.* [98]* [99]
3 Rescue and relief
Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders)
and the Red Cross were able to start medically evacu-
ating the critically wounded by helicopter from outly-
ing areas, initially cut-o from the capital city, Kath-
mandu,* [17] and treating others in mobile and makeshift
facilities.* [105]* [106] There was concern about epi-
demics due to the shortage of clean water, the makeshift
nature of living conditions and the lack of toilets.* [107]
3.1 Role of the internet, social media and
mainstream media
Volunteering public from around the world, put details
of collapsed houses, stranded, shelterless and starving
people, messages and contact details of people willing
to help and people who needed help,* [108] onto online
maps,* [109]* [110] for other volunteers to verify these
claims on the ground, wherever they could. First respon-
ders, from Nepali citizens to the Red Cross, the Nepal
army and the United Nations used this data. Drones
were also used to collate the destruction.* [111] All this
was made possible from experience gained, and lessons
learned from the Haiti and Indonesia earthquakes, with
data in place in anticipation of this eventuality.* [112]
On 3 May, the hashtag #GoHomeIndianMedia was trend-
ing worldwide on Twitter condemning news covered by
the Indian media as insensitive and inhumane to victims
of the tragedy. People of Nepal acknowledged the aid
and eort put by the Indian armed forces, yet, at the same
time, accused Indian news networks of carrying out a
public relations exerciseon behalf of the Indian govern-
ment, for patronising aid given as exclusive, and for hog-
ging space on relief planes where aid material or rescue
or medical personnel could have been sent instead.* [113]
Indian users responded with hashtags #sorrynepal and
#DontComeBackIndianMedia.* [114]

4 International aid

Nepal Army and Turkish Disaster Relief aid workers working UNICEF appealed for donations, as close to 1.7 million
together children had been driven out into the open, and were in
desperate need of drinking water, psychological counsel,
About 90 percent of soldiers from the Nepalese Army temporary shelters, sanitation and protection from dis-
were sent to the stricken area in the aftermath of the ease outbreak. It distributed water, tents,*
hygiene kits,
earthquake under Operation Sankat Mochan, with volun- water purication tablets and buckets. [115]
teers mobilized from other parts of the country.* [100] India was the rst to respond within hours, being
Rainfall and aftershocks were factors complicating the Nepal's immediate neighbour,* [116] with Operation
rescue eorts, with potential secondary eects like addi- Maitri which provided rescue and relief by its armed
tional landslides and further building collapses being con- forces. It also evacuated its own and other countries'
cerns. Impassable roads and damaged communications stranded nationals.
infrastructure posed substantial challenges to rescue ef- On 26 April 2015, international aid agencies and govern-
forts.* [101] Survivors were found up to a week after the ments mobilized men and aid for the earthquake. They
earthquake.* [102]* [103]* [104] faced challenges getting assistance to Nepal and ferry-
As of 1 May 2015, international aid agencies like ing them especially, to remote areas as the country had
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7 Notes
[1] Note: Ocially, Dead - 7,365, Injured - 14,355
per current update (14,446 per a past update), De-
stroyed Houses - Total 391,705 - per current update
(10,744+14,741+191,058+175,162), Homeless - Not
lled up. Data as of May 3, 2015 16:50 hrs. Source: Na-
tional Emergency Operation Centre (Nepal Govt.) Nepali
English

8 External links
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program on USGS
Website
National Seismological Center Nepali Ocial Web-
site For Earthquake
Deadly earthquake Nepal on Earthquake Report
Website
VIDEO Avalanche near Everest Base Camp Caused
by Earthquake
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