Characteristics and Consequence of Nepal Earthquake 2015: A Review

Abstract

An earthquake is a natural disaster that comes in different parts of the earth every year. Most of them are very weak and unnoticeable. But some of them are too severe to cause a great loss of lives and destruction of properties. A major earthquake happened in Nepal on 25th April 2015. More than 8,000 people died and more than 19,000 people got wounded in this earthquake. People of Nepal had anticipated but never experienced such a devastating earthquake. This paper deals with the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, its causes and characteristics, previous earthquake history of Nepal, consequences etc.