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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/><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>
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[[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, a 7.8 (M<sub>w</sub>) [[earthquake]] happened in central [[Nepal]]. The earthquake also affected parts of [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], and the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]]. Tremors were also felt in [[Bhutan]] and [[Pakistan]], and 26 [[aftershock]]s were reported. More than 
3,2195,000 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> 524more than1000 alone in [[Kathmandu]] Valley, with hundreds more injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/25/us-quake-nepal-collapse-idUSKBN0NG07B20150425|title=Nepal death toll from quake rises to 449: police|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> 67 people died in India, 20 in China,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20150425/028063.htm|title=已有三名中国公民在尼泊尔地震中遇难|publisher=[[China Central Television]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 Apri(contracted; show full)

It was the largest earthquake to hit Nepal since the [[1988 Nepal earthquake]] and the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake|Nepal–Bihar earthquake]] in 1934.

== Deaths ==
At least 
3,219more than 5000 people died and another 710,000 others were injured by the earthquake.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Number of deaths
|-
| {{Flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
|1,953
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|India}} [[India]]
|67
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|China}} [[China]]
|20
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]
|4
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''3,310'''
|
|}

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