Taiwan: Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Hualien An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Taiwan’s eastern country of Hualien on April 22. There were no immediate reports of any damage, the island’s weather administration said. The quake shook ... 04/22/2024 - 12:50 am | View Link
Earthquake today: Taiwan capital Taipei hit by strong 5.5-magnitude quake Taiwan's capital was shaken by a ‘strong’ earthquake on April 22, AFP staff reported, with the Central Weather Administration saying it was a magnitude-5.5 tremor originating in eastern Hualien. 04/22/2024 - 12:21 am | View Link
Mountain villages bearing direct brunt of climate change Avalanches and landslides intensify in the upper regions while droughts and heatwaves have surged in the plains ... 04/21/2024 - 2:31 pm | View Link
Inside the high-stakes, death-defying world of scaling Mt. Everest In April, 2013, a group of Sherpas, the iconic Nepalese mountain guides, hung off the side of the mountain they call Sagarmatha, installing 3,000 feet of the 12 miles of fixed ropes added to Everest ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
All about Nepal’s own billionaire Binod Chaudhary, 69, is an unusual man. He wears his ‘Nepal’s first billionaire’ status very lightly. The man who took Wai Wai Noodles to the world, and came in the Forbes billionaires list in 2013, ... 04/20/2024 - 3:50 pm | View Link
Deadly quake strikes Nepal, toppling homes and killing at ... Kathmandu CNN —. At least 157 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday and toppled multiple buildings, according to police,... 04/20/2024 - 7:15 am | View Website
April 2015 Nepal earthquake The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,964 people and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8M w or 8.1M s and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme). 04/19/2024 - 7:12 pm | View Website
M7.8 Nepal Earthquake, 2015 – A Small Push to Mt. Everest On Saturday, April 25 at 11:56 am local time, an M7.8 earthquake began 82 km (51 mi) NW of Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu. The event was followed by many aftershocks, the largest being an M7.3 on May 12, 17 days after the mainshock. 04/19/2024 - 5:46 pm | View Website
Nepal earthquake of 2015 | Magnitude, Death Toll, Aftermath ... Michele Metych. Nepal earthquake of 2015, severe earthquake that struck near Kathmandu in central Nepal on April 25, 2015. About 9,000 people were killed, many thousands more were injured, and more than 600,000 structures in Kathmandu and other nearby towns were either damaged or destroyed. 04/19/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Website
128 dead in Nepal earthquake, officials say toll expected to rise KATHMANDU, Nepal — Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128... 04/19/2024 - 1:39 am | View Website