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Nepal has witnessed at least one major earthquake per century ever since. The following is a list of earthquakes in Nepal . It includes only major seismic events with their epicentre in the country, and those that occurred outside the country, that resulted in a significant loss of life and property in the country.
The Indian subcontinent has a history of earthquakes. ... Nepal, India 5.3 M s: VIII 80 100 ... Earthquake zones of India;
The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST (08:43 UTC) and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal. [4]
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) [8] [11] killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 M w [ 1 ] or 8.1 M s [ 12 ] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X ( Extreme ).
The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. 8.3 June 12, 1897 Shillong Plateau, India see 1897 Assam earthquake: 26°N 91°E 8.3 August 26, 1833 10:58 PM (N.S.T.) Kathmandu, Nepal see 1833 Bihar–Nepal ...
The Nepal earthquake may refer to: 1833 Bihar–Nepal earthquake; 1934 Nepal–India earthquake; 1980 Nepal earthquake; 1988 Nepal earthquake; April 2015 Nepal earthquake, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing thousands May 2015 Nepal earthquake, a magnitude 7.3 aftershock of the April earthquake; List of aftershocks of April 2015 Nepal ...
The 1988 Nepal earthquake occurred near the Nepal–India border on 20 August 1988 at 23:09:09 UTC. [5] The epicenter was located in Udayapur District. [6] Measuring M w 6.9, it was the largest earthquake recorded in the country since 1934. [7] [8] The death toll in Nepal and Bihar stood at 1,003.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...