Nepal-Tibet earthquake claims 95 lives, 130 injured

The earthquake additionally despatched tremors throughout northern India, affecting areas reminiscent of Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, and Delhi-NCR, inflicting panic as residents rushed out of their properties. Luckily, no casualties or property injury have been reported in India to date.

Two aftershocks adopted the preliminary quake — a 4.7-magnitude tremor was recorded at 7:02 a.m. (IST), with its epicentre at latitude 28.60°N and longitude 87.68°E, at a depth of 10 km and one other 4.9-magnitude quake struck at 7:07 a.m. (IST), with its epicentre at latitude 28.68°N and longitude 87.54°E, at a depth of 30 km.

America Geological Survey (USGS) pinpointed the earthquake’s location 93 km northeast of Lobuche, close to the Nepal-Tibet border. Lobuche lies close to the Khumbu Glacier, roughly 150 km east of Kathmandu and eight.5 km southwest of Everest Base Camp.

Nepal, located in a extremely seismically lively zone the place the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates converge, isn’t any stranger to earthquakes. This tectonic exercise, which types the Himalayan area, usually leads to seismic occasions of various magnitudes.

Authorities in Nepal and affected Indian areas stay vigilant, carefully monitoring the scenario. The earthquake has renewed issues in an space traditionally susceptible to devastating seismic exercise.