"Earthquake History" The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed almost 9,000 people and 22,000 are injured. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 or 8.1. The epicenter was east of Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Source: wikipedia | The Watchmen's Earth and Spac

2015 Nepal Earthquakes and Landslides — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015. Along with damage due to shaking, the earthquake and its aftershocks triggered many large and small landslides throughout the region. As of early May, over 3,000 individual landslides had been identified, based on analysis of hundreds of satellite images collected after the earthquake. The animation shows an image pair acquired by WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 over one example location near the town

On April 25, 2015 at 11:56 AM a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, claiming the lives of more than 8,000 people and permanently changing the lives of countless more. As the dust settled, the world mobilized to provide relief and help the people of Nepal recover from such a devastating event. There were over 50 inReach devices in Nepal when the earthquake struck, and in the days and weeks following they were used to help coordinate disaster assistance around the country. Climbers, guides, doct