Publication Name

Two terrible earthquakes strike Nepal

C H I N A

Dunai

Jomsom

Gutasi

Mengba

DHAULAGIRI

Tashantun

Tingri

Chame

Dhorpatan

Pangshan

Nasheng

Rasuwa

Gyirong

GANDAKI

Arthunge

Tarrong

Pokhara

Gorkha

Besishahar

Shivalaya

Nuwakot

Baglung

Sindhupalchok

Putalibazar

BAGMATI

Tamghas

Dhunche

Pyuthan

Mt. Everest

Zhangmu

Byas

Dhading

Prithbinarayan

Kathmandu

Sandhikharka

Dolakha

Bidur

Tansen

Kumpur

Choutara

Bhaktapur Bhaktapur

Kathmandu

LUMBINI

Butwal

Solukhumbu

Patan

Bhimeswor

Bharatpur

Jhawani

Dhulikhel

Bhairahawa

Intensity scale

Salleri

Makwanpur

Ramgram

Chitwan

Ramechhap

Modified Mercalli Intensity scale

KOSHI

SAGARMATHA

Kavrepalanchok

Hetauda

Nibia

28th April

12th May

Dingla

Lalitpur

Manthali

Okhaldhunga

Moderate Strong Very strong Severe

N E P A L

Diktel

Sindhuli Gadhi

Bhojpur

NARAYANI

Kamalami

Bagaha

Shikarpur

Sindhuli

Epicenters and magnitude

Kalaiya

JANAKPUR

Birgunj

Richter scale

Malangwa

TriyugaN.P.

Sagauli

Gaur

Bettiah

Janakpur

7.8

7.3

Jaleswar

I N D I A

Motihari

28th April

12th May

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Jaynagar

Sitamarhi

Rajbiraj

Death toll Fatalities as per end of May 2015

Chakia

Madhubani

1 222

Nirmali

500

100 10

R ICCARDO P RAVETTONI

2015

Sources: USGS 2015 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/; MapAction http://www.mapaction.org; The New York Times press review

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