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Feb 2, 2015 |
5.5-magnitude earthquake shakes Nepal's Pokhara.
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal's popular tourist hub Pokhara on Saturday with no reports of damage or casualties. Panic-stricken people ran out of their homes into open fields when the tremor was felt in the region around 7:44 pm (local time).
There were no immediate reports of any major damage due to the earthquake, according to Seismological Centre of Nepal.
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Sept 11, 2014 |
Earthquake resistant water
tanks constructed.
Three earthquake resistant drinking water tanks were constructed in different places of Kirtipur as disaster preparedness measures.
Two of three the tanks were constructed on the premises of Tribhuvan University and Nepal Agriculture Research Centre and one in Kirtipur municipality-6, Dekhu.
While rescuing people during earthquake disaster, water management is of utmost importance.
Help Group for OXFAM, Lumanti Housing and Kirtipur municipality jointly constructed the water-tanks.
The quake-resistant technology would be used to fetch underground water from 106-metres below the land surface.
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Jan. 10, 2014 |
Kathmandu tops quake risk
list in the world.
Kathmandu has topped the earthquake risk list while
Nepal is ranked 11th globally, according to the
information shared at a programme in the capital on
Friday. At an interaction programme on role of media on
earthquake risk reduction organized by the National
Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET-Nepal), Deputy
Executive Director of NSET-Nepal Ramesh Guragain said
the main reason behind the quake risk was the geological
structure. It is said that the entire part of Nepal
falls in a high earthquake intensity belt .
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March. 6, 2013 |
5.4-magnitude quake rocks western Nepal.
With its epicentre in the southern area of Rukum district‚ an earthquake hit mid western Nepal on Wednesday night causing scores of homes to collapse.
However, no human casualties are reported till now.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the southern part of the district at 10:34 pm last night, Seismological Centre‚ Surkhet informed.
No human casualties were reported in the district though some houses in Kholagaun VDC and school buildings in Bijeshwori VDC -8 were collapsed owing to the shake. .
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Dec. 2, 2012 |
Quake of year 1255 points to
Himalayan risk.
A mega-quake in 1255 that wrecked Nepal’s capital,
wiped out a third of the population of Kathmandu Valley
and killed the country’s monarch, King Abhaya Malla, was
of a kind that may return to the Himalayas,
seismologists have reported. Experts from Nepal, France
and Singapore mapped deposits of river sediment
displaced along part of the fault line where the Indian
subcontinent slams into the Asia tectonic plate at up to
50 millimetres per year. With the help of carbon dating,
they found that the soil movement in one place was
caused by a huge quake that coincided with the great
event of July 7, 1255. More than six centuries later,
there was another surface-breaking event, correlating to
a magnitude 8.2-event in 1934.
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Nov. 5, 2012 |
5.7 quake rocks Kathmandu.
A moderate earthquake, which the National Seismological
Centre said was 5.7 on the Richter scale, hit th
Kathmandu Valley at 6:52 pm on Monday evening, sending
people out of their homes. Dr Soma Nath Sapkota, chief
of National Seismological Centre in Kathmandu, told a
television station that the preliminary information
suggested that the epicentre was in Tibet bordering
Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal, 136 km north-east of
the Kathmandu Valley. Television channels reported that
tremors were felt in eastern Nepal also. According to
Thakur Prasad Kandel, seismologist at the Surkhet-based
Seismological Centre, some people in Rukum reported that
they felt the tremors in the western district also. No
casualties have been reported yet.
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Oct. 26, 2012 |
Nepali radio stations
ill-prepared for earthquakes.
Radio stations in Nepal, critical sources of emergency information, are ill-prepared to withstand or operate in the event of an earthquakes, experts warn.
"If there is an earthquake now, radio broadcasters would be vulnerable given that they are stationed in earthquake-vulnerable buildings,” Man Thapa, programme manager of the UN Development Programme’s comprehensive disaster risk management programme, told IRIN.
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August 24, 2012 |
Four earthquakes rock Nepal
in 12 hours.
Four consecutive earthquakes -- two of them powerful
ones -- rocked western Nepal in past 12 hours. With
their epicentres in the border area of Rolpa and Rukum
districts, the tremors of the first quake were felt in
Kathmandu at 10:15 pm last night. Its magnitude was 5.6
on the Richter Scale, according to Dilli Ram Tiwari,
survey officer at National Seismological Centre (NSC) in
Kathmandu.
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June 9, 2012 |
Earthquake tremore felt in
Pokhara.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in Pokhara today.
The tremor was felt at about 1: 39 pm, with epicenter
located just 16 km from Pokhara. The quake occurred at a
depth of 21 km. Nobody is thought to have been injured.
Quake's repercussion was also felt in Kathmandu, Gorkha
and Chitwan.
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April 11, 2012 |
Indonesia hit by strong earthquake, tremors
also felt in Nepal.
Tremors were felt in Kathmandu and
adjoining areas on Wednesday afternoon while a massive
earthquake of 8.7 magnitude hit waters off westernmost
Aceh province of Indonesia.
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Feb 27, 2012 |
Tremors felt in far-western Nepal
Two earthquakes have been recorded in
the bordering area of the Far Western Region, this
morning. According to the National Seismological
Measurement Centre Lainchaur, the earthquakes – one with
the magnitude of 4.4 Richter scale occurred at 4.41 am
and another 4.9 Richter scale at 4.53 am on Monday.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
PM Bhattarai: make earthquake
resistant buildings
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai,
addressing a programme in the capital, directed
government authorities to monitor ongoing construction
work and strongly implement the building codes while
providing permission for any construction work. “We do
not need to wait for rules and regulations to work on
preparedness for earthquake safety, so everyone should
be aware and think about the future,” said Bhattarai.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
earthquake risk reduction policies
underway
Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai
has said the government is committed to devising
effective laws and policies for the reduction of
earthquake risks.
It is a social crime to not make the hospital and school
buildings earthquake-resistant, he said, directing the
concerned bodies to make buildings by adhering to the
building construction code of conduct.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
14th earthquake security day
observed
Various governmental and
non-governmental programmes are being organised across
the country on Monday, to mark the 14th National
Earthquake Security day. Nepal has been observing
January 16 as Earthquake Security Day every year from
the year 2000 onwards in memory of the 1934 quake to
underline the community’s role prior to and after the
disaster.
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Dec 15, 2011 |
Magnitude
4.9 quake hits Taplejung district
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the
Richter scale was felt in parts of Taplejung district at
2:03 am Thursday. According to the National
Seismological Center (NSC) of the Department of Mines
and Geology, the epicenter of the tremor is believed to
be near to the Mt Kanchanjunga, one of the highest
mountains in the world.
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Nov 13, 2011 |
Magnitude 5.0 quake hits
Gorkha district
A magnitude-5 earthquake hit
northeastern part of Gorkha district at 5:45 am on
Sunday. According to the National Seismological Centre,
the earthquake had its epicentre in an area 50 km
northeast of Gorkha district headquarters. The tremor
was felt in most parts of western Nepal and the
Kathmandu valley. However, there were no immediate
reports of any damage caused by the earthquake.
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Oct 1, 2011 |
An earthquake measuring 4.7 in the
Richter scale was felt in parts of Hulma district at
10:11 am Saturday morning. The epicenter of the quake
has been reported to be 20-km north of Simikot. The
tremors caused no human casualty or physical damage |
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Sept 21, 2011 |
Kathmandu tops earthquake risk list
With rescue work still under way in
Nepal after last Sunday's deadly earthquake in the
Himalayas, scientists have warned that the capital
Kathmandu is a high-risk city unprepared for the next
"Big One". Experts say Kathmandu is one of the most
vulnerable cities in the world with an overdue
earthquake predicted to kill tens of thousands of people
and leave survivors cut off from international aid.
British geologist Dave Petley described the latest
tremor, which killed eight people in Nepal, as a
"wake-up call" for the overcrowded capital, home to two
million people and connected to the outside world by
just three roads and one airport runway.
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Sept, 2011 |
Strong earthquake hits Nepal
and Sikkim: -
Army reaches 9 cut-off Dzongu-villages (Sept 23)
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Rs 50 cr to earthquake-hit Sikkim (Sept 22)
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3 victims of British Embassy wall collapse cremated (Sept 22)
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Nine villages still inaccessible (Sept 21)
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No trace of 120 people at a North Sikkim village (Sept 21)
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Scores of bodies found in rubble near Mangan in Sikkim (Sept 21)
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Geologists say quake is unusual and doesn't lower the chance of a huge
earthquake (Sept 20)
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Death toll at 81 for quake in India‚ Nepal‚ Tibet (Sept
20)
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Himalayan quake rescuers blast route to epicentre (Sept 20)
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Earthquake damages 85 houses in Sindhupalchowk (Sept 20)
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Eastern Nepal takes brunt of quake with 5 dead, scores injured (Sept 19)
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Hundreds of houses destroyed in Sankhuwasabha (Sept 19)
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Quake victims get Rs. 25 k relief (Sept 19)
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British Embassy says sorry for collapse of embassy compound wall
(Sept 19)
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Death toll in India, Nepal, Tibet rises to 50 (Sept
19)
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Earthquake death toll in Nepal reaches 9 (Sept 19)
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Biggest quake since '34 leaves destruction trail
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Tremor wreaks havoc in eastern Nepal
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Three killed‚ scores hurt in Kathmandu Valley
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6.8 quake wreaks havoc in eastern Nepal
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May 4, 2011 |
Strong hopes for straw
houses
As a country vulnerable to
the next "big one", people in Nepal are abuzz with an
age-old, earthquake-resistant method of constructing
buildings out of straw that could save lives, experts
say. Ajaya Dixit, head of the Institute for Social
and Environment Transition in Nepal, has been
spearheading a pilot straw-bale project and plans to
break ground on Nepal's first straw-bale building in
May. Though it may seem counter-intuitive, straw, a
relatively lightweight and flexible natural material,
when sealed with plaster or mud, offers a sound,
waterproof structure that will bend before it breaks.
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April 8, 2011 |
Health sector Nepal focus for
earthquake preparedness
Earthquake-prone Nepal is speeding up
efforts to strengthen the ability of its health
facilities to withstand a major earthquake, but risk
assessments need updating, say officials. Almost a
decade has passed since the government and the World
Health Organization (WHO) last assessed the structural
soundness of health facilities to cope with major
earthquakes.
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April 4, 2011
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An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the
Richter Scale rocked the far western region today
damaging more than two dozen houses in Bajhang, Baitadi
and Darchula. According to the National Seismological
Centre, the epicentre of the quake was in Chhapri of
Darchula district, near Nepal-India border.
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April 1, 2011
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The Nepal Red Cross Society has made
arrangement of and brought into operation the
communication sets in all three districts of Kathmandu
valley keeping in mind the quake risks in the valley.
The Red Cross has brought the communication sets into
operation by erecting towers in the three districts
considering Kathmandu valley as quake-prone zone.
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March 22,
2011
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An earthquake measuring 4.2
on the Richter scale was recorded at 10:55 am on
Tuesday. According to National Seismological Centre
under the Department of Mines and Geology, Godibang and
its neighbouring areas of Pyuthan district is the
epicenter of the quake.
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March 12, 2011
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Four minor quakes felt in Kaski
district in Western
Nepal. One tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale was
recorded on Friday in the hilly district at 10:33 pm,
according to the National Seismological Centre.
Likewise, another quake of 3.4 magnitude was recorded
early this morning at 4:13 am in the area soon followed
by a 4.4-magnitude at 5:15 am and a 3.9-magnitude at
10:45 am
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January, 2011
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"Not if, but when
Ask not what your government can do for you in an
earthquake,
ask what you can do
for yourself
Interesting article of Kunda
Dixit is the Nepali Times:
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January 16, 2011
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Nepal marks 13th
Earthquake Safety Day
The 13th Earthquake Safety Day was observed with a
variety of programs in the capital today, calling for
community initiative and adherence to the building code
in order to minimise the damages caused in an event of
an earthquake. Speaking at a program organised by the
13th Earthquake Safety Day, National Main Celebration
Committee here on Sunday, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar
Nepal said since the damages to be caused by natural
calamity was difficult to forecast, public awareness
should be raised on minimising the risk of calamitie......(read
more)
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January, 2011
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Stories of 1934
Earthquake survivors still living today
read
these stories
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October 18, 2010
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Strong tremors
rock Kathmandu; no reports of casualty
The earthquake that shook the Kathmandu Valley in the
wee hours of Monday morning (at 1:55 a.m. Nepal Standard
Time) had its epicentre in China's Xizang-Nepal border
region, according United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake occured at 4:11:20 a.m. local time at the
epicentre (28.535°N, 85.668°E), which lies 95 km in the
north from Kathmandu, was measured 4.9 on the Richter
Scale. ......(read
more)
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June 14, 2010
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Two minor quakes
in Bajura District
National Seismological Centre recorded two small-scale
earthquakes with epicentre in Kolti of Bajura district
yesterday evening. The first temblor measuring 4.8 on
the Richter scale was recorded at 8:18 pm and the second
measuring 4.2 magnitude was recorded seven minutes after
the first quake......(read
more)
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March 2, 2010
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Lessons from Chile
& Haiti
The damages caused by 8.8 Richter earthquake in Chile
two days ago versus the damages caused by the 7.0
earthquake in Haiti about two months ago show that it is
preparedness that is more important than the magnitude
of the earthquake. Because of strict implementation of
building codes and better emergency response, the
casualty in Chile was far less than in Haiti.....(read
more)
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February 26, 2010
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Minor tremors were
felt in Kathmandu and many other parts of Nepal at 10:45
am NST on Friday.
The quake that measured 5.4 on the Richter scale had its
epicenter in Western Xizang, Tibet, reports citing data
released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (40 miles)
north of Namche Bazar....(read
more)
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January 16, 2010 |
12th National
Earthquake Safety Day marked. Prime Minister Madhav
Kumar Nepal said the earthquake that rocked Haiti
recently comes as a warning bell for a country that
lacks necessary preparedness and mitigation measures to
minimise the vulnerabilities of natural hazards.
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