Question

An essay on the Nepal earthquake

Answer 1

           natural calamities are occurrences ,events or phenomenons that happen of their own accord.some very common examples are hurricanes,floods,earthquakes etc.they cause great disaster to both human lives and nature.

                      the most recent earthquake took place in kathmandu,nepal on 25th of april , 2015 around 11:30 a.m.it was a severe one with a maximum merculli intensity of VIII.it is also known as the Gorkha Earthquake.the condition of nepal and its citizens was very bad.officially around 8452 people died and 19009 people were severely injured.many people were made homeless.centuries old buildings were destroyed.some monuments include kathmandu durbar square , the patan durbar square etc.

                          there were many aftershocks among which the one that occurred on 26th april was a severe one with a magnitude of 6.7 on the richter scale.a second major earthquake occurred on 12th may , 2015.more than 200 people were killed and more than 2500 were injured by this aftershock.these few continuous days were the worst ones for the people of nepal and the neighbouring countries of nepal.

                            i hope that such a natural disaster would not take place on earth.

Answer 2

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake)[5][8] killed nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw[1] or 8.1Ms[9] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe). Its epicenter was east of Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi).[1] It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.[10][11][12] The ground motion recorded in the capital of Nepal was of low frequency, which, along with its occurrence at an hour where many people in rural areas were working outdoors, decreased the loss of property and human lives.[