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Nepal Earthquake April 2015

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Hafiz Luqman Zaman

2014-Petroleum-7

Qunber Bilal

2014-Petroleum-8 UET LAHORE

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NepalPrevious EarthquakesEarthquake 2015

oDevastationsoDamagesoDonations

4Nepal

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal In South Asia 147,181 sq. km (56,827 sq. mi) App. 27 million population GDP $19.921 billion Capital and largest city, Kathmandu.

MOTTO

“Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven”

5Previous Earthquakes

Two notable Earthquakes January 1934

Nepal-Bihar Earthquake8.0 on Richter scale10,700-12,000 casualties

August 1988Eastern Nepal (Dhahran)6.9 magnitude721 casualties

6Earthquake April, 2015

On 25 April, 2015 at 11:56 NST Katmandu & Bokhara 7.8-8.1 on Richter scale >40 sec trembling Moved Kathmandu about 1.5 m At least 240 aftershocks

April 26 & May 12 7.3 on Richter scale

7Aftermaths

8,700 casualties 19,000 injured 2.5 M homeless 5 lac houses & 1 lac govt.

buildings collapsed Economic loses

> 35% of GDP

8Donations

& Many Other Countries

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