Nepal Earthquake: One Year Later
One year ago, on April 25, 2015 at 11:56 am local time Nepal was struck with 7.8 Richter scale earthquake which was recorded by Nepal’s National Seismological Centre (NSC). Nepal had never faced a natural shock of comparable magnitude for over 80 years…The aftershocks brought landslides and new dangers, hindering survivors’ efforts to find loved ones, seek shelter and re-build. This devastating earthquake was followed by more than 400 aftershocks greater than 4.0 magnitude killed 8,686, injured more than 22,000 people; some 3 million people have been displaced and over 800,000 houses are either destroyed or damaged.