The Nepal Gorkha Earthquake and its Aftershocks
The Himalayan Mountains were a product of the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates. This collision of the two tectonic plates continues to produce destructive forces in the form of earthquakes. Nepal was struck particularly hard on April 25, 2015 – the Gorkha earthquake (magnitude 7.8) was the strongest earthquake to strike Nepal since 1934. See Figure 8.3 for the location of the earthquake's epicenter, about 80 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu.
Figure 8.3 Landslides triggered by the 2015 Nepal Gorkha earthquake and
its aftershocks.
Source: Landslide mapping team/NASA-GSFC, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_goddard/23774591655
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