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Can anyone please help me by preparing a report on Nepal Earthquake.
Thanks in advance.

This is a creativity-based question which you should attempt to answer on your own. 

Points:

1. The earthquake took place on 25th April around midday. 
2. It amounted to 7.8 on the Richter scale. 
3. Officially, more than eight thousand died and more than eighteen thousand were injured. 
3. There was untold loss of property. World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu were destroyed. 
4. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mt. Everest which killed nineteen people. 
5. There were effects in India, China and Bangladesh. Seventy eight deaths were reported in India. 
6. The Nepalese Army were aided by the Indian armed forces in rescue work. 
7. From 1st May onwards, organisations like Doctors without Borders and Red Cross were able to operate in the area. 
   

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The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake)[8][9] killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000. It occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw[1] or 8.1Ms[2]and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent). Its epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi).[1] It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19,[13] making it the deadliest day on the mountain in history. It triggered another huge avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing.

Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened, across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World heritage sites in the Kathmandu valleys including some at the Kathmandu darbaar square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur durbar square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambunth Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.

Continued aftershock occurred throughout Nepal within 15–20 minute intervals, with one shock reaching a magnitude of 6.7 on 26 April at 12:54:08 NST The country also had a continued risk of landslides.

A major aftershock occurred on 12 May 2015 at 12:51 NST with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3. The epicenter was near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mt. Everest. More than 200 people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured by this aftershock.

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