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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>
|aftershocks = 26<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]]<br />[[Bhutan]]<br />[[Pakistan]]
|casualties = 58,1268+ deaths<br />11,5208,946+ injuries<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/nepal-earthquake-7-5-magnitude/index.html|title=Earthquake slams Nepal; devastating loss of people, history|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref>
|intensity = [[Mercalli intensity scale|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, 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]]. Twenty-six [[aftershock]]s were reported. It was the largest earthquake to hit Nepal since the [[1988 Nepal earthquake]] and the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake|Nepal–Bihar earthquake]] in 1934.

More than 58,05719 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> More than 1,000 of them were in [[Kathmandu]] Valley with hundreds of people were 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> In India, 768 people died. In China, 25 died.<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 April 2015|language=Chinese}}</ref> In Bangladesh, four people died. More than 11,5208,946 others were injured.<ref name="USAToday">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/25/nepal-earthquake/26354073/|title=Hundreds dead as 7.8 magnitude quake rocks Nepal|publisher=''[[USA Today]]''|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> Several people from outside the area were killed in the earthquakes.

(contracted; show full)f><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wvtm13.com/national/75-magnitude-earthquake-rumbles-nepal/32567968|title=7.8 magnitude earthquake slams Nepal; 597 dead|publisher=[[NBC]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1471939/nepal-earthquake-topples-buildings-killing-758|title=Nepal Earthquake Topples Buildings Killing 758|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=25 April 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
At least more than 
58,1268 people died and another 11,5207,803 others were injured by the earthquake.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Number of deaths
|-
| {{Flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
|58,05719
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|India}} [[India]]
|768
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|China}} [[China]]
|25
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| {{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]
|4
|<ref name="USAToday" />
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''58,1268'''
|
|}

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