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2015 Nepal earthquake
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|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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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.


An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on Richter scale rocked Nepal, with its epicenter in east of Kathmandu. The quake had occurred around 12:30 pm with a depth of 10 km. Entire North and East India felt the tremors. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skymetweather.com/content/weather-news-and-analysis/live-nepal-earthquake-update-7-2-earthquake-rocks-nepal-tremors-felt-in-india/|title=Live Nepal Earthquake Update: 7.3 earthquake rocks Nepal|date=12 May 2015|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>⏎
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More than 8,019 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/25/us-quake-nepal-collapse(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Earthquakes in the 2010s]]
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