| 2022 Nepal earthquake | |
| Timestamp: | 2022-11-08 20:27:23 |
| Anss-Url: | us7000incn |
| Isc-Event: | 625159336 |
| Local-Time: | 02:12 NST (UTC+5:45) 01:57 IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Magnitude: | 5.7 |
| Depth: | 11km (07miles) |
| Location: | 29.274°N 81.189°W |
| Type: | Reverse |
| Affected: | Nepal, India |
| Fault: | Main Central Thrust |
| Damages: | Severe |
| Landslide: | Yes |
| Foreshocks: | At least three (4.1, 3.5, 4.9)[1] |
| Aftershocks: | More than 200 (as of 9 November 2022).[2] Largest so far is 5.2[3] |
| Casualties: | 6 dead, 13 injured |
A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Doti District, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal on 9 November 2022.[4] The earthquake was widely felt in western Nepal and northern India.
Nepal lies in the Himalayas, which were created as a result of the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate, forming the Main Himalayan Thrust.
Earthquakes are common in Nepal. In 1934, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sagarmatha, killing over 10,700 in Nepal and in Bihar, India. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck eastern Nepal in 1988, killing over 700. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,900 in central Nepal, many in the capital Kathmandu.
The earthquake was felt by over 42.1 million people across Nepal, India and China.[5] The earthquake occurred as a result of reverse faulting. It was felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, approximately 400 km (250 mi) away.[6]
Six people, including four minors were killed,[7] all of whom died when a house collapsed in Doti District.[8] Twelve others were injured, five of them seriously, 924 houses collapsed and 5,186 others were damaged.[9] [10] [11] [12]
In the city of Rudrapur in the state of Uttarakhand, a young woman was injured while fleeing in panic. In the village of Bhanti in Almora district, cracks appeared in several houses.[13] [14] In Shravasti district, in Uttar Pradesh, the quake caused cracks to appear in the floors of a house. Cracks also appeared in several old houses in Bhinga, where power outages occurred.[15]
| November 12 earthquake | |
| Timestamp: | 2022-11-12 14:27:05 |
| Anss-Url: | us7000ipbc |
| Local-Time: | 20:12:05 NST |
| Magnitude: | 5.2 |
| Depth: | 100NaN0 |
| Location: | 29.33°N 81.168°W |
| Casualties: | 1 dead |
At 8:12 p.m. local time, the largest aftershock of 5.2 struck near the Bajhang District. Additional damage to previously weakened houses was caused there,[16] and a 66-year-old person in the neighboring district of Baitadi died while fleeing his home in panic.[17]