Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Magnitude-7.5 quake hits Nepal; heavy damageBINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated PressKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A strong 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit near Nepal's capital of Kathmandu before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said.Nepal's Information Minister Minendra Rijal told India's NDTV station that there are reports of damage in and around Kathmandu but no immediate word on casualties.He said rescue teams were on the scene.The epicenter was 80 kilometers (49 mile) northwest of Kathmandu, he said. The Kathmandu Valley is densely populated with nearly 2.5 million, with the quality of buildings often poor.An Associated Press reporter in Kathmandu said a wall in his compound collapsed and there was damage to nearby buildings.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 11:56 a.m. local time (0611 GMT) at a shallow depth of 11 kilometers (7 miles).Mohammad Shahab, a resident from Lahore, Pakistan, said he was sitting in his office when the earthquake rocked the city near the border with India.He said the tremors continued for a while but now the situation was normal.The sustained quake also was felt in India's capital of New Delhi. AP reporters in Indian cities of Lucknow in the north and Patna in the east also reported strong tremors.___Associated Press writer Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Muneeza Naqvi in New Delhi contributed to this report. -- (c) Associated Press 2015-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 7.5 scale Nepal quake triggers major tremors in North IndiaMassive tremors lasting up to a minute were felt throughout North India after a huge 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.News agency PTI reported that in Delhi and NCR region tremors were felt for a minute at 11.44 am.Tremors were also reportedly felt in Patna, Ranchi, Lucknow and other parts of northern India.People were seen rushing out of their homes and offices.The United States Geological Survey reported a 7.5 magnitude quake 35 kilometers east of Lamjung, Nepal.Local Nepali media is reporting huge damage in Pokahara and Kathmandu, both cities are at least 70 km from the epicenter.But there is no immediate word on any casualties.More details are awaited. Image: A image posted by a Twitter user on the damage caused by the earthquake in Kathmandu --Rediff.com 2015-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@khalidkhan787: pic of dharahara destroyed in Kathmandu quake, 400 feared buried Nepal http://t.co/BiLAvrzfrw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 ReutersIndiaNepal earthquake upgraded to 7.9 magnitude, only 2 km deep - USGS25/04/15 14:18 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#general_summary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RTl@SkyNewsBreak: Update - Reuters: Witnesses report survivors with broken limbs rushed to hospitals in #Kathmandu following #earthquake in #Nepal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Terrible news - they are already living on the edge there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 The Himalaya Mountains are pushing ever higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@W7VOA: We're getting first witness reports of fatalities in both #Nepal and #India from M7.9 #quake. #VOAalert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 TR@cnnbrk: Avalanches reported in Mount Everest region after powerful earthquake in Nepal.RT@AlexGAVAN Everest base camp huge earthquaqe then huge avalanche from pumori.Running for life from my tent. Unhurt. Many many people up the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 NorthmenPK #Nepalquake #Nepal Avalanche on everest south side, climbers went missing. http://t.co/pbHrAiFdvq 25/04/15 15:09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurup Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm in Dhaka Bangladesh at the moment. I felt it even here just past noon local time. It lasted for about 5 min but it felt like I was on a boat, on a fairly calm water though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jingthing Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm in Dhaka Bangladesh at the moment. I felt it even here just past noon local time. It lasted for about 5 min but it felt like I was on a boat, on a fairly calm water though. I think that is a very long shaking time. I've been in a number of earthquakes, a few strong and one nearly a great earthquake. In the stronger ones the sense of time seems distorted ... a 30 second one could feel long. For a real 5 minute one ... I can understand a quote I just heard on t.v. -- It felt like it was going on FOREVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@SkyNewsBreak: AFP: Several bodies have been removed from ruins of #Dharahara tower in #Kathmandu damaged when #earthquake hit #Nepal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurup Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm in Dhaka Bangladesh at the moment. I felt it even here just past noon local time. It lasted for about 5 min but it felt like I was on a boat, on a fairly calm water though. I think that is a very long shaking time. I've been in a number of earthquakes, a few strong and one nearly a great earthquake. In the stronger ones the sense of time seems distorted ... a 30 second one could feel long. For a real 5 minute one ... I can understand a quote I just heard on t.v. -- It felt like it was going on FOREVER. You're probably right, tracking the time was the last thing on my mind. Probably one to two minutes is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Not sure yet. Reports coming it really was very, very long. Also very shallow which is bad. Not sure about length variations between near the epicenter and much further out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nepal Earthquake: PM speaks to CMs of Bihar, Sikkim By: Press Trust of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to chief ministers of Bihar and Sikkim amid efforts to get information about the situation after a powerful earthquake struck north India. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/nepal-earthquake-pm-speaks-to-cms-of-bihar-sikkim/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Magnitude-7.9 quake hits Nepal, causing big damage, injuriesBINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated PressMUNEEZA NAQVI, Associated PressKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A powerful, 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, collapsing houses, leveling centuries-old temples and cutting open roads in the worst temblor in the Himalayan nation in over 80 years.Dozens of people with injuries were being brought to the main hospital in central Kathmandu. There was no immediate estimate on fatalities, except for a report by China's state broadcaster that said one Chinese tourist was killed at the Nepal-China border.The earthquake also shook several cities across northern India, and was felt as far away as Lahore in Pakistan and Lhasa in Tibet, 550 kilometers (340 miles) east of Kathmandu. The epicenter was 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmandu.Pushpa Das, a laborer, ran from the house when the first quake struck but could not escape a collapsing wall that injured his arm."It was very scary. The earth was moving ... I am waiting for treatment but the (hospital) staff is overwhelmed," he said, gingerly holding his right arm with his left hand. As he spoke dozens of more people showed up with injuries, mostly from falling bricks.Several buildings collapsed in the center of the capital, the ancient Old Kathmandu, including centuries-old temples and towers, said resident Prachanda Sual. Among them was the Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognized historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped underneath.Old Kathmandu city is a warren of tightly packed, narrow lanes with poorly constructed homes piled on top of each other.Sual said he saw people running through the streets in panic. Ambulance sirens blared and government helicopters hovered overhead.National radio warned people to stay outdoors and maintain calm because more aftershocks were feared. A 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit about an hour after the initial quake. But smaller aftershocks continued to arrive every few minutes and residents reported of the ground feeling unstable.Dozens of people were gathered in the parking lot of Kathmandu's Norvic International Hospital, where thin mattresses had been spread on the ground for patients rushed outside, some patients wearing hospital pajamas, while doctors and nurses were treating people. A woman with a bandage on her head sat in a set of chairs pulled from the hospital waiting room.Doctors and nurses had hooked up some patients to IV drops in the parking lot, or were giving people oxygen.Nepal's Information Minister Minendra Rijal told India's NDTV station that there are reports of damage in and around Kathmandu but no immediate word on casualties. He said rescue teams were on the scene.The Kathmandu Valley is densely populated with nearly 2.5 million people, and the quality of buildings is often poor.An Associated Press reporter in Kathmandu said a wall in his compound collapsed and there was damage to nearby buildings.A Swedish woman, Jenny Adhikari, who lives in Nepal, told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that she was riding a bus in the town of Melamchi when the earth began to move."A huge stone crashed only about 20 meters (yards) from the bus," she was quoted as saying. "All the houses around me have tumbled down. I think there are lot of people who have died," she told the newspaper by telephone. Melamchi is about 45 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Kathmandu.The U.S. Geological Survey revised the magnitude from 7.5 to 7.9 and said the quake hit at 11:56 a.m. local time (0611 GMT) at Lamjung a shallow depth of 11 kilometers (7 miles). An earthquake's magnitude increases by 10 times with each increase in the number. A magnitude 7 quake is capable of widespread and heavy damage while an 8 magnitude quake can cause tremendous damage.Mohammad Shahab, a resident from Lahore, Pakistan, said he was sitting in his office when the earthquake rocked the city near the border with India.The sustained quake also was felt in India's capital of New Delhi. AP reporters in Indian cities of Lucknow in the north and Patna in the east also reported strong tremors.India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of top government officials to review the damage and disaster preparedness in parts of India that felt strong tremors. The Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Sikkim, which share a border with Nepal, have reported building damage. There have also been reports of damage in the northeastern state of Assam.Nepal suffered its worst recorded earthquake in 1934, which measured 8.0 and all but destroyed the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan. -- (c) Associated Press 2015-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@NorthmenPK: #Makalu base camp completely destroyed but luckily climbers are safe, as per initial reports. #Everest #NepalQuake https://t.co/k2XcJSxCHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@AP: PHOTO: Volunteers aid in rescue at site of building that collapsed after magnitude-7.9 quake jolts Nepal: http://t.co/rLdfrJWhDj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@cnni: BREAKING: More than 150 dead in Kathmandu following 7.9 magnitude earthquake, Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Should that read ' people with broken limbs were rushed to hospital ? ' I have experienced 3 minor 'quakes up north , in fact I live over the Maechan fault , about a year ago was the last shake and it made me nervous and I am still waiting for the next one , nothing you can do but wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@W7VOA: AP: Home ministry says 30 injured on #Everest from #NepalQuake #VOAalert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@BBCBreaking: Death toll from massive Nepal #earthquake rises to 565 with many more trapped under rubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I can't help but notice how much smaller the world has become with people able to report such catastrophes as they happen using social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@BBCBreaking: #Earthquake eyewitness describes "terrible" scenes in Kathmandu of "severely injured folks & truckloads of bodies" http://t.co/3BTo9l1QZ4 RT@ShiwaniNeupane: At Norvic hospital right now: corridors and even the parking lots are filled with patients. Many broken legs, wounds on the head #Nepal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 RT@WSJIndia: The Nepal earthquake is thought to be worst since 1934 when more than 16,000 people died. RT@vaitor: Nepal: 688 confirmed dead; USGS report suggest death toll could reach 10.000 or higher - http://t.co/BmVeJS0RCv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Based on the Richter scale and shallowness and near population centers in a poorer country, it seemed obvious to me from the start this is a really bad one. I don't think anything of the scale of Haiti though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiver Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know if there can be a correlation between different quakes (for example, the recent New Zealand quake that was fairly deep in that instance)? Would it be possible to show areas that are in danger due to another quake occurring? Maybe the Australian plate meeting the Indian plate for instance? Edited April 25, 2015 by Shiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Does anyone know if there can be a correlation between different quakes (for example, the recent New Zealand quake that was fairly deep in that instance)? Would it be possible to show areas that are in danger due to another quake occurring? Maybe the Australian plate meeting the Indian plate for instance? http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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