Earthquake — Nepal: Dolakha

When

12 May 2015

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.3

Where

Nepal

Coordinates

27.81° N, 86.07° E

Deaths

117

Injuries

2800

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

15

7.3 magnitude earthquake near Kodari, Nepal

A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time with a moment magnitude of 7.2–7.3, 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Kodari. The epicenter was on the border of Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk, two districts of Nepal. This earthquake occurred on the same fault as the larger magnitude 7.8 earthquake of 25 April, but further east than the original quake.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, results in 153 deaths in Nepal, 62 in India, 1 in China and 2 in Bangladesh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “otro terremoto de 7,3 golpea a Nepal dejando un saldo de 218 muertos y más devastación”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زلزال ثاني يضرب النيبال ويودي بمصرع 218 شخص منهم 153 شخص في النيبال”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “尼泊爾再發生強烈地震，強度為黎克特制7.3級，造成117死8,300餘傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page