1) Nepal sits at a tectonic plate boundary where the Indian plate is pushing under the Eurasian plate at a rate of 2 inches per year, building pressure that is relieved by earthquakes. 2) A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Kathmandu on Saturday, killing over 3,800 people across various regions of Nepal, especially Sindhupalchwok and Kathmandu. 3) The earthquake was particularly deadly because Katmandu is a fast-growing city with many unreinforced buildings, and dozens of aftershocks continued to hinder rescue efforts.

1. EARTHQUAKE VISULAIZED

2. How Nepal Earthquake Happened
Nepal sits right where the Indo-Australian Plate is pushing itself beneath the Eurasian Plate, a collision
that gave rise to the Himalayan Mountains. As the plates push, pressure builds, eventually resulting
in a quake to relieve that pressure.
And according to Nature, the Indo-Australian Plate is still pushing itself under the Eurasian Plate
at a rate of nearly 2 inches per year.

3. Where the place Earthquake happen in Nepal
A 7.8 earthquake that hit near Katmandu, Nepal, on Saturday
has killed thousands of people and devastated the region
It Also Includes This Home Ministry Breakdown Of The Victims By Area:
Sindhupalchwok
875
808
Kathmandu
Dhading
247
Nuwakot
245
Gorkha
223
232
Bhaktapur
16
Khotang
Makwanpur
33
15
Okhaldhunga
155
Lalitpur
150
Rasuwa
65
Dolakha
29
Ramechhap
Kavre
191

4. Thousands need shelter in country little able to cope
The UN’s World Food Programme said a “massive” aid operation will start on Tuesday.
Unicef said nearly one million children in Nepal were severely affected by the earth quake.
1 MILLION CHILDREN
What UN Says

5. Last Time Earthquake Hit Nepal
Major Earthquakes In The Region Are So Regular That They Occur Roughly Every 75-80 Years. With
The Last One Hitting Justeast Of Kathmandu 81 Years Ago In 1934, Most Seismologists Believed The
Area Was Due For Another.

6. Katmandu Valley is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in South Asia,
and many of the people who flocked to the city live in unreinforced masonry
buildings.
Some Two- Or Three-story Buildings Have Been Raised
As High As Eight Stories, Increasing The Chance
They Could Collapse With Major Shaking.
Why was the Nepal earthquake so deadly?

7. Have There Been Any Aftershocks?
There have been dozens of Aftershocks since Saturday’s quake,
and they continued through Sunday night. The worst,
A Magnitude
6.7, HITearly Sunday Afternoon.

8. Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Expected To Rise Sharply
Aftershocks Hinder Rescue Efforts in the Himalayan nation as
death toll passes 3,800 after a Devastating 7.8 magnitude
quake Near Kathmandu
One Aid Worker Told The Guardian That He Feared That
As Many As 15,000 Have Been Killed.

9. Thousands of people desperately need food, medicine and shelter.
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