Data Data US Geological Survey detects that the quake-hit areas between Kathmandu and Pokhara, or 50 miles from the capital. The strength of the quake measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. And we can imagine, any building in the earth's surface, would be destroyed if hit by an earthquake of such magnitude. Moreover, high-rise buildings, would have been razed to the ground. Apparently, the impact of the quake was up to India and Pakistan. Nepal police reported the existence of 108 people died because of the strong quake and many were unaccounted for. Estimated to be 500 people potentially killed.
"Hundreds of people have taken to the main hospital in Kathmandu. Several buildings were also reported destroyed, while damage occur everywhere, including public facilities. We are in the process of looking for more information, and now is trying to see the affected area, both in India and in Nepal, "said the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
CNN reported that more than 400 people were reportedly trapped in a tower in Dharahara it. And fate is seriously threatened. Because if the tower falls, it is definitely a lot of casualties. Died horribly. Pepuingan buried and falling from a height of buildings.
Not only the building, the tallest mountain in the world, Everest was reportedly affected by the quake. A climber named Alex Gavan write tweets in there telling her account of landslides, Mount Everest.
In fact, he had to run as fast as possible to save themselves from the avalanche which is located in the Pumori, close to Mount Everest and Nepal-Tibet border.
This tragedy including the most terrible disaster that happened since the last decades, and this became tragedy in history in Nepal on earthquakes. ***
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