Two major earthquakes struck Nepal in April and May 2015, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25 killed thousands and destroyed over half a million homes. A second 7.9 magnitude quake on May 12 struck the same region as recovery efforts were underway, bringing the total death toll over 8,500 people, making it the deadliest disaster in Nepal's history. The earthquakes severely damaged important cultural sites and are estimated to have cost Nepal 9-50% of its GDP due to loss of infrastructure, agriculture, and challenges rebuilding without substantial international aid.

3. NEPAL

4. PHYSICAL MAP OF NEPAL

5. EARTHQUAKE?

8. EPICENTER

12. LOSS OF HUMAN LIVES
 Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Becomes Highest On Record In The Nation
 KATHMANDU, May 17 (Reuters) - The number of people killed in Nepal by two major
earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan
country on record, as rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people still missing in
remote villages.
 A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands and demolishing
more than half a million homes, most of them in rural areas cut off from emergency
medical care.
 A second major quake struck on Tuesday 76 kilometres (47 miles) east of the capital
Kathmandu, just as Nepalis were beginning to recover from the previous earthquake.
 The death toll from the two quakes now stands at 8,583, the home ministry said on
Sunday.
 The previous deadliest earthquake to strike the country - in 1934 - killed at least 8,519 in
Nepal, as well as thousands more in neighbouring India.
 In Dolakha district east of Kathmandu, which was hit hardest by the second quake,
 A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck the Himalayan nation of Nepal, with reports of
extensive damages to property and loss of life.
 Police said more than 3,000 people were killed in the powerful quake that shook 80km
east of Pokhara on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital
Kathmandu.
 Of the total, 634 were reported dead in the Kathmandu Valley and at least 300 more in
the capital, a police spokesman told Reuters news agency.

16.  Kathmandu Durbar Square
 Bhaktapur Durbar Square
 Boudhanath Temple
 Changu Narayan
 Lumbini
 Pashupatinath temple
 Patan Durbar
 Swayambhunath

25. LOSS OF ECONOMY DUE TO
EARTHQUAKE

26.  Concern was expressed that harvests could be reduced
or lost this season as people affected by the earthquake
would have only a short time to plant crops before the
onset of the Monsoon rains.
 Nepal, with a total Gross Domestic Product of
USD$19.921 billion (according to a 2012 estimate), is
one of Asia's poorest countries, and has little ability to
fund a major reconstruction effort on its own.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 to 2020 to attract investment. The U.S.
Geological Survey initially estimated economic losses
from the tremor at 9 percent to 50 percent of gross
domestic product, with a best guess of 35 percent. "It's
too hard for now to tell the extent of the damage and
the effect on Nepal's GDP", according to Hun Kim, an
Asian Development Bank (ADB) official. The ADB said on
the 28th that it would provide a USD$3 million grant to
Nepal for immediate relief efforts, and up to
USD$200 million for the first phase of rehabilitation.

29. Presentation by :
Vidushi Gupta
Archa Aggrawal