Nepal's devasteting magnitude -7.8 earthquake on saturday was primed over 80 years ago by its last massive earthquake in 1934, which razed around a quarter of Kathmandu to the ground and killed over 17,000 people.
This lates quake follows the same pattern as a duo of big tremors that occured over 700 years ago , ad results from a domino effect of strain transferring along the fault, geologists say.
Saturday's earthquake, which struck an area in central Nepal, between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, has had a far-reaching impact. Early reports indicate that more than 2,000 people have lost their lives, with victims in Bangladesh, India, Tibet, and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered.
Nepal's devasteting magnitude -7.8 earthquake on saturday was primed over 80 years ago by its last massive earthquake in 1934, which razed around a quarter of Kathmandu to the ground and killed over 17,000 people. This lates quake follows the same pattern as a duo of big tremors that occured over 700 years ago , ad results from a domino effect of strain transferring along the fault, geologists say. Saturday's earthquake, which struck an area in central Nepal, between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, has had a far-reaching impact. Early reports indicate that more than 2,000 people have lost their lives, with victims in Bangladesh, India, Tibet, and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered.
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