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{{Infobox earthquake
|title = 2015 Nepal earthquake
|date = 25 April 2015
|map = 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake map.png
|magnitude = 7.8 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]],<ref name=USGS/> 8.1 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]<ref name=CENC>{{Cite web|url=http://world.workercn.cn/63/201504/25/150425152814263.shtml|work=workercn.cn|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015|title=尼泊尔8.1级地震 西藏日喀则吉隆镇有村民受伤|language=Chinese}}</ref>
|aftershocks = 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-32461412|title=Earthquake rocks Nepal|accessdate=25 April 2015|date=25 April 2015}}</ref>
|depth = {{Convert|15.0|km|mi|0}}<ref name=USGS>{{Cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#general_summary|title=M7.8 – 29&nbsp;km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref>
|location = {{coor d|28.165|N|84.725|E}}<ref name=USGS/>
|countries affected = [[Nepal]]<br />[[Northern India]]<br />[[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]], [[China]]<br />[[Bangladesh]]
|casualties = 1,178505+ deaths<br />1,700+ injuries<ref name="USAToday" />
|intensity = XI (''violent'')
}}
[[File:Earthquake Leads Office Evacuation - Ashram - Sector-V - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2015-04-25 5980.JPG|thumb|250px|Evacuation in [[Kolkata]].]]

On 25 April 2015, an 7.8 or 8.1 (M<sub>w</sub>) [[earthquake]] happened in central [[Nepal]]. The earthquake also affected parts of [[North India|Northern India]], [[Bangladesh]], and the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]]. Tremors were also felt in [[Bhutan]] and [[Pakistan]], and six [[aftershock]]s were reported. More than 1,130457 deaths have been reported in Nepal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/apr/25/nepal-earthquake-nation-worst-tremor-80-years-kathmandu-live-updates|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|title=Nepal earthquake: hundreds of people dead - live updates|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> 524 alone in [[Kathmandu]] Valley, with hundreds more injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/25/us-quake-nepal-collapse-idUSK(contracted; show full)
== Deaths ==
At least 1,170 people died and many other people were injured by the earthquake.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Number of deaths
|-
| {{Flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
|1,
130457
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|India}} [[India]]
|34
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|China}} [[China]]
|12
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]
|2
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''1,178+505'''
|
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2015]]
[[Category:Avalanches]]
[[Category:Earthquakes in the 2010s]]
[[Category:Nepal]]