Strong earthquake rocks Nepal, damages Kathmandu
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WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
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LIVE: Magnitude of Nepal earthquake upgraded to 7.9; buildings collapse in Kathmandu, one death reported
By Deepak Nagpal | Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 13:15
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New Delhi: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on Richter scale and a major aftershock struck Nepal and parts of North and Northeast India on Saturday. Widespread damage is being reported from Nepal.
Here are the live updates:
PMO has tweeted that PM Modi has convened a high-level meeting with ministers and top officials at 3 pm today in the wake of the situation arising due to the earthquake.
PM Modi has instructed Rajiv Pratap Rudy to take stock of situation in Bihar/UP districts along Nepal border.
PM is trying to reach Nepal PM Shri Sushil Koirala, who is abroad. He has spoken to President of Nepal Shri Ram Baran Yadav.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 25, 2015
On instructions of PM Modi, all disaster management mechanisms have been activated in districts of Bihar/UP along Nepal border.
News agency IANS has reported that at least one person was killed when an old building collapsed in the premises of the Indian consulate in Kathmandu. The dead person was a Nepalese national, according to a Nepal-based journalist.
The USGS has upgraded the magnitude of the first Nepal earthquake to 7.9 with a depth of only 2 kilometres, reports Reuters.
Dozens of people with injuries are being rushed to the main hospital in central Kathmandu. There are however no immediate estimate on fatalities.
News agency Associated Press is reporting that walls have toppled and buildings have collapsed in Kathmandu.
Authorities are not ruling out more aftershocks.
Sources say major damage is expected at the epicentre of the quake.
Information is being collected from all districts, everyone is on the field - Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has asked the state administration to asses the situation following tremors. *
The quakes were also felt in parts of Nepal, say reports.
Stampede has been reported from Kutchery in Varanasi following the earthquake. More details are awaited.
Tremors were also felt in North India, in cities like Delhi and Jaipur - Rathore
The aftershock was of 6.6 magnitude and epicentre was at around the same place at Lamjung in Nepal - Rathore
The intensity of the initial quake was 5 in Delhi - Rathore
Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 was felt in north-west of Kathmandu, intense tremors felt in Bihar and West Bengal - LS Rathore, DG, Met department
The BBC reports some buildings have been damaged in the quake in Nepal but there has been no initial word on any casualties.
Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred today at 11.41 am between latitude 28.1 North and Longitude 84.6 East. The epicentre was located in Nepal, an IMD statement said.
News has come in about an Earthquake in Nepal. Several parts of India also experienced tremors.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2015
We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home & in Nepal.
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Major earthquake rattles Nepal, India
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2015
A major aftershock is being experienced in North India.
Mobile phone services affected across Nepal.
Delhi Metro services were briefly suspended after the quake.
There are reports of widespread damage in Nepal.
People were seen rushing out of their homes and offices.
The tremors in Delhi were felt for over a minute.
In India, tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
The magnitude of the quake in Nepal was recorded at 7.5 on the Richter scale, as per the USGS.
As per the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the quake was Lamjung in Nepal, 77 kilometres north-west of capital Kathmandu. The depth of the quake was 10 kilometres.
A major earthquake has struck the North and Northeast India just before noon.
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New Delhi: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on Richter scale and a major aftershock struck Nepal and parts of North and Northeast India on Saturday. Widespread damage is being reported from Nepal.
Here are the live updates:
PMO has tweeted that PM Modi has convened a high-level meeting with ministers and top officials at 3 pm today in the wake of the situation arising due to the earthquake.
PM Modi has instructed Rajiv Pratap Rudy to take stock of situation in Bihar/UP districts along Nepal border.
PM is trying to reach Nepal PM Shri Sushil Koirala, who is abroad. He has spoken to President of Nepal Shri Ram Baran Yadav.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 25, 2015
On instructions of PM Modi, all disaster management mechanisms have been activated in districts of Bihar/UP along Nepal border.
News agency IANS has reported that at least one person was killed when an old building collapsed in the premises of the Indian consulate in Kathmandu. The dead person was a Nepalese national, according to a Nepal-based journalist.
The USGS has upgraded the magnitude of the first Nepal earthquake to 7.9 with a depth of only 2 kilometres, reports Reuters.
Dozens of people with injuries are being rushed to the main hospital in central Kathmandu. There are however no immediate estimate on fatalities.
News agency Associated Press is reporting that walls have toppled and buildings have collapsed in Kathmandu.
Authorities are not ruling out more aftershocks.
Sources say major damage is expected at the epicentre of the quake.
Information is being collected from all districts, everyone is on the field - Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has asked the state administration to asses the situation following tremors. *
The quakes were also felt in parts of Nepal, say reports.
Stampede has been reported from Kutchery in Varanasi following the earthquake. More details are awaited.
Tremors were also felt in North India, in cities like Delhi and Jaipur - Rathore
The aftershock was of 6.6 magnitude and epicentre was at around the same place at Lamjung in Nepal - Rathore
The intensity of the initial quake was 5 in Delhi - Rathore
Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 was felt in north-west of Kathmandu, intense tremors felt in Bihar and West Bengal - LS Rathore, DG, Met department
The BBC reports some buildings have been damaged in the quake in Nepal but there has been no initial word on any casualties.
Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred today at 11.41 am between latitude 28.1 North and Longitude 84.6 East. The epicentre was located in Nepal, an IMD statement said.
News has come in about an Earthquake in Nepal. Several parts of India also experienced tremors.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2015
We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home & in Nepal.
Related Photo Gallery
Major earthquake rattles Nepal, India
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2015
A major aftershock is being experienced in North India.
Mobile phone services affected across Nepal.
Delhi Metro services were briefly suspended after the quake.
There are reports of widespread damage in Nepal.
People were seen rushing out of their homes and offices.
The tremors in Delhi were felt for over a minute.
In India, tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
The magnitude of the quake in Nepal was recorded at 7.5 on the Richter scale, as per the USGS.
As per the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the quake was Lamjung in Nepal, 77 kilometres north-west of capital Kathmandu. The depth of the quake was 10 kilometres.
A major earthquake has struck the North and Northeast India just before noon.
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Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
尼泊尔发生8.1级地震
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简介中国地震台网正式测定：04月25日14时11分在尼泊尔(北纬28.2度，东经84.7度)发生8.1级地震，震源深度20千米。 展开
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尼泊尔发生8.1级地震
直播已进行1小时7分分享
简介中国地震台网正式测定：04月25日14时11分在尼泊尔(北纬28.2度，东经84.7度)发生8.1级地震，震源深度20千米。 展开
直播
热评
直播员
16:01
【318国道因尼泊尔地震中断】受地震影响，西藏日喀则通往樟木口岸段318国道中断。吉隆震感强烈，吉隆口岸通讯中断，房屋倒塌严重。
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
Timely to tell Gurkha FTS to go home.
Will the Gurkhas apply for compassionate leave to go back home?
Timely to tell Gurkha FTS to go home.
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
Very very unusual!
They are not a part of volcanic seismic map just like Singapore. Not usually get quakes not to say a huge quake like this.
Himalayans NOT volcano.
If it turns volcanic we are quite doomed.
Very very unusual!
They are not a part of volcanic seismic map just like Singapore. Not usually get quakes not to say a huge quake like this.
Himalayans NOT volcano.
If it turns volcanic we are quite doomed.
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
More likely ask gong gong Singaporeans to donate while papig only give usd 50k
Will the Gurkhas apply for compassionate leave to go back home?
More likely ask gong gong Singaporeans to donate while papig only give usd 50k
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force is preparing to send a 55-man search-and-rescue contingent to Nepal in the wake of Saturday's earthquake. The police is also preparing to send a contingent of officers to help with disaster-relief efforts, including officers from its Gurkha Contingent.
The Government added that it is making a contribution of $100,000 to kick-start the Singapore Red Cross appeal for donations.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written a condolence letter to Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, expressing Singapore's deepest condolences for the loss of life.
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/si...-55-man-search-and-rescue-team-ne#xtor=CS1-10
Will the Gurkhas apply for compassionate leave to go back home?
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force is preparing to send a 55-man search-and-rescue contingent to Nepal in the wake of Saturday's earthquake. The police is also preparing to send a contingent of officers to help with disaster-relief efforts, including officers from its Gurkha Contingent.
The Government added that it is making a contribution of $100,000 to kick-start the Singapore Red Cross appeal for donations.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written a condolence letter to Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, expressing Singapore's deepest condolences for the loss of life.
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/si...-55-man-search-and-rescue-team-ne#xtor=CS1-10
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
death toll so far is 1180 and counting. kathmandu is in shambles.
death toll so far is 1180 and counting. kathmandu is in shambles.
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
monuments and shrines destroyed.....
monuments and shrines destroyed.....
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
Heaven punished Gurkhas for serving LKY, after taking care of LKY the heavens took care of Gurkhas homeland, killing their famlies and leveled their home town.
Very good!
Will the Gurkhas apply for compassionate leave to go back home?
Heaven punished Gurkhas for serving LKY, after taking care of LKY the heavens took care of Gurkhas homeland, killing their famlies and leveled their home town.
Very good!
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
Bandit stealing soil...........
death toll so far is 1180 and counting. kathmandu is in shambles.
Bandit stealing soil...........
Re: WARNING roof of the world 8.1 QUAKE coming apart?
Resembles a lunatic in this forum with a surname tan
death toll so far is 1180 and counting. kathmandu is in shambles.
Resembles a lunatic in this forum with a surname tan
Buildings collapse, hundreds killed as 7.9 magnitude quake strikes Nepal
Death toll expected to rise as rescuers continue to sift through rubble in search of survivors and reports of fatalities during avalanches around Mouth Everest come in
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 3:04pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 10:03pm
Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu
Rescuers pull a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after the earthquake hit. Photo: EPA
A massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday as it ripped through large parts of Nepal, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu and triggering an avalanche that hit Everest base camp.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Komal Singh Bam said late on Saturday at least 876 people were known to have died in Nepal but that the eventual toll could be much higher, while more than two dozen people were also reported killed in neighbouring India, China and Bangladesh.
Dust rises over the city during the quake. Photo: EPA
“Deaths have been reported from all regions except the far west. All our security personnel have been deployed to rescue and assist those in need,” Bam said.
Injured people in Kathmandu get medical attention after the earthquake hit Nepal. Photo: AP
Officials said an avalanche had buried parts of Mount Everest’s base camp in Nepal where hundreds of mountaineers have gathered at the start of the annual climbing season.
“An avalanche from Mount Pumori has hit the base camp, burying a part of it,” Gyanendra Kumar Shrestha, an official in Nepal’s tourism department, said.
“We are trying to assess how many are injured. There might be over 1,000 people there right now, including foreign climbers and Nepalese supporting staff.”
This map from the US Geological Survey shows the area of the quake. Photo: EPA
Journalist Ammu Kannampilly, on an assignment to Everest, was among those caught up in the chaos and reported that snowfall meant it was impossible for helicopters to reach the area.
Two experienced mountaineers said that panic erupted at base camp which was full of climbing teams and had been “severely damaged”, while one said the quake triggered a “huge avalanche”.
But the worst damage was reported in Kathmandu, where the historic nine-storey Dharahara tower, a major tourist attraction, was among the buildings to have been brought down.
Volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the earthquake. Photo: AP
At least a dozen bodies were taken away from the ruins of the 19th-century tower, according to a photographer who saw similar scenes of multiple casualties in other parts of the city.
While contact with Nepal was sporadic, a senior Nepalese diplomat warned that the final toll could run into many hundreds.
Volunteers clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a Unesco World Heritage Site that was severely damaged. Photo: AFP
“We have received reports that there is a big loss of property and life in Nepal,” said Krishna Prasad Dhakal, the deputy chief of mission at Nepal’s Embassy in New Delhi.
“Possibly hundreds of people have died in various parts of the country, particularly in Kathmandu and Pokhara.”
At least 26 people were known to have died in India, including 17 in the eastern state of Bihar, while buildings in the capital New Delhi had to be evacuated.
a family takes refuge in the street outside a school in Kathmandu after a the earthquake struck. Photo: Reuters
The United States Geological Survey and India’s meteorological service said the shallow quake struck 77km northwest of Kathmandu with walls crumbling and families racing outside their homes.
“The walls of houses have collapsed around me onto the road. All the families are outside in their yards huddled together,” an witness said in Kathmandu.
Another resident recounted scenes of panic and mayhem.
Nepalis inspect a damaged road in Kathmandu. Photo: Xinhua
“Everything started shaking. Everything fell down. The walls around the main road have collapsed. The national stadium’s gates have collapsed,” Anupa Shrestha said.
The quake tore through the middle of highways in the capital and also caused damage to the country’s only international airport, which was briefly closed.
Kari Cuelenaere, an official at the Dutch embassy, said the impact had swept the water out of a swimming pool at a Kathmandu hotel where Dutch national day was being celebrated.
“It was horrible, all of a sudden all the water came up out of the pool and drenched everyone, the children started screaming,” Cuelenaere said. “Some parts of the city fell down, there was dust rising ... There were many [rescue] helicopters.”
Aftershock tremors could be felt more than two hours after the initial quake.
Initially measured at 7.5 magnitude, the quake was later adjusted to 7.9, with a depth of 15km the USGS said. It hit 73km east of the tourist town of Pokhara.
Witnesses and media reports said the tremors lasted between 30 seconds and two minutes.
“We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home and in Nepal,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet.
China’s official Xinhua news agency said that two people, including an 83-year-old woman, were killed in the Tibet region as a result of the quake.
The earthquake was also felt across large areas of Bangladesh, triggering panic in the capital Dhaka as people rushed out onto the streets.
A soldier searches for trapped people at a collapsed house in Shigatse, China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Photo: Xinhua
In the garment manufacturing hub of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, at least 50 workers were injured after the quake set off a stampede in a garment factory, according to the private Jamuna television.
The area has a history of earthquakes, with a 6.8 magnitude quake that hit eastern Nepal in August 1988 killing 721 people.
A magnitude 8.1 quake killed 10,700 people in Nepal and eastern India in 1934.
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