4.3 Magnitude Of Earthquake Hits Nepal
Kathmandu:
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit Nepal within the early hours of Friday, as reported by the Nationwide Middle of Seismology (NCS).
The NCS offered the small print in a put up on X.
In accordance with the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 01:33 hours at a depth of 10 kilometres in Nepal.
It came about at latitude 29.36 N and longitude 80.44 E.
“EQ of M: 4.3, On: 23/05/2025 01:33:53 IST, Lat: 29.36 N, Lengthy: 80.44 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Nepal.”
EQ of M: 4.3, On: 23/05/2025 01:33:53 IST, Lat: 29.36 N, Lengthy: 80.44 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Nepal.
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There have been no speedy stories of casualties or main injury. Additional particulars are awaited.
Shallow earthquakes are extra harmful than deeper ones as a consequence of their better power launch nearer to the Earth’s floor, inflicting stronger floor shaking and elevated injury to constructions and casualties, in comparison with deeper earthquakes, which lose power as they journey to the floor.
Nepal is extremely earthquake-prone as a consequence of its location on a convergent boundary the place the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide. This collision generates immense strain and stress, which is launched as earthquakes. Nepal can also be located in a subduction zone the place the Indian Plate is sliding beneath the Eurasian Plate, additional rising stress and pressure.
Nepal lies within the Himalayan area, a zone of intense seismic exercise brought on by the continued collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. This collision ends in the Indian plate pushing beneath the Eurasian plate in a course of referred to as subduction, creating immense strain and pressure on the Earth’s crust.
The subduction zone additional amplifies the stress, making Nepal extremely susceptible to earthquakes. The collision additionally contributes to the uplift of the Himalayan mountains, including to the general seismic exercise within the area.
Nepal has an extended historical past of earthquakes, together with devastating occasions just like the 2015 earthquake.
Earlier on April 26, a minute’s silence was noticed for 8,969 victims who misplaced their lives on April 25 2015, within the devastating earthquake of seven.8 Richter scale a decade in the past.
Standing under the reproduction of Dharahara Tower that fell down in the course of the earthquake a decade in the past, killing dozens, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli remembered these killed within the pure catastrophe.
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