Staff Writer
An
earthquake struck Nepal and neighboring nations on April 25 at approximately
11:56 NST (Nepal Standard Time) taking 7,365 lives and injuring more than twice
that. It leveled villages and left thousands homeless; but with a magnitude of
8.1 it impacted more than just Nepal, triggering several avalanches along the
Himalayas. One avalanche occurred on Mount Everest killing at least 19 people.
Another avalanche crumbled across the Langtang valley resulting in over 250 reported
missing. The earthquake also killed dozens in neighboring countries including
78 people in India, 25 in China, and 4 in Bangladesh. Throughout Nepal aftershocks
frightened victims with 15 to 20 minute intervals with one of the aftershocks
reaching a magnitude of 6.7 the day after the earthquake.
