Kathmandu, April 24th 2017 : Just two years after the destructive Gorkha Earthquake, a fresh tremor was realized with its epicenter in Sindhupalchowk district at 5:04 this evening.
The aftershock of 4.2 in the Richter scale occurred near Baramchi in the district, according to the National Seismological Centre. So far, a total of 480 aftershocks of four and above in the Richter scale have occurred after the Gorkha Earthquake, 2015.
With just seven health workers for every 10,000 people, Nepal was grossly ill-equipped when the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, 2015, levelling whole villages and killing 9,000. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA / To go with ‘Nepal-quake-anniversary-disability’ FEATURE by Annabel SYMINGTON
With just seven health workers for every 10,000 people, Nepal was grossly ill-equipped when the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, 2015, levelling whole villages and killing 9,000. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA / To go with ‘Nepal-quake-anniversary-disability’ FEATURE by Annabel SYMINGTON
With just seven health workers for every 10,000 people, Nepal was grossly ill-equipped when the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, 2015, levelling whole villages and killing 9,000. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA / To go with ‘Nepal-quake-anniversary-disability’ FEATURE by Annabel SYMINGTON
