Sankhu, Central Region, Nepal. 3rd Aug, 2015. A woman whose home was destroyed by the earthquake dries rice in front of the rubble of her home in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal""“Bihar earthquake. © ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News

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Aug. 3, 2015 - Sankhu, Central Region, Nepal - A woman whose home was destroyed by the earthquake dries rice in front of the rubble of her home in Sankhu, a community about 90 minutes from central Kathmandu. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9, 000 people and injured more than 23, 000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture. (Credit Image: © Jack Kurtz via ZUMA Wire)