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A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Doti District, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal on 9 November 2022.[4] The earthquake was widely felt in western Nepal and northern India.

Tectonic setting

Nepal lies in the Himalayas, which were created as a result of the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate, forming the Main Himalayan Thrust.

Earthquakes are common in Nepal. In 1934, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sagarmatha, killing over 10,700 in Nepal and in Bihar, India. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck eastern Nepal in 1988, killing over 700. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,900 in central Nepal, many in the capital Kathmandu.

Earthquake

The earthquake was felt by over 42.1 million people across Nepal, India and China.[5] The earthquake occurred as a result of reverse faulting. It was felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, approximately 400 km (250 mi) away.[6]

Impact

Nepal

Six people, including four minors were killed,[7] all of whom died when a house collapsed in Doti District.[8] Twelve others were injured, five of them seriously, 924 houses collapsed and 5,186 others were damaged.[9][10][11][12]

India

In the city of Rudrapur in the state of Uttarakhand, a young woman was injured while fleeing in panic. In the village of Bhanti in Almora district, cracks appeared in several houses.[13][14] In Shravasti district, in Uttar Pradesh, the quake caused cracks to appear in the floors of a house. Cracks also appeared in several old houses in Bhinga, where power outages occurred.[15]

12 November aftershock

At 8:12 p.m. local time, the largest aftershock of Mww  5.2 struck near the Bajhang District. Additional damage to previously weakened houses was caused there,[16] and a 66-year old person in the neighboring district of Baitadi died while fleeing his home in panic.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ This includes one indirect injury in Uttarkhand, India. The rest of the casualties are in Nepal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Three pre-shocks reduced impact of Nov 9 pre-dawn earthquake: Official". Devdiscourse. Press Trust of India. 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "200 aftershocks so far in Doti district". The Himalayan Times. 9 November 2022.
  3. ^ "M 5.2 - 23 km ENE of Dipayal, Nepal". United States Geological Survey.
  4. ^ "M 5.7 – 20 km E of Dipayal, Nepal". United States Geological Survey.
  5. ^ "PAGER". United States Geological Survey.
  6. ^ Binaj Gurubacharya. "Earthquake rocks west Nepal, felt as far as New Delhi". ABC News.
  7. ^ "भूकम्प अपडेट : मृतक ६ जनासहित सबै घाइतेको परिचय खुल्याे". newsofnepal.com (in Nepali).
  8. ^ "6 killed as 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal; strong tremors felt in Delhi, neighbouring areas". The Times of India. 9 November 2022.
  9. ^ "भूकम्पका घाइतेको उपचार डोटीमा हुँदै" (in Nepali). 9 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Six dead, 12 injured in Doti earthquake". The Kathmandu Post. 9 November 2022.
  11. ^ "भूकम्पले ६ को मृत्युपछि गैरागाउँ शोकमा" [Garagaon in mourning after the death of 6 in the earthquake]. Kantipur (in Nepali).
  12. ^ "Nepal: Far Western Earthquake Response in Nepal DREF Application (MDRNP013)". ReliefWeb (Situation Report). 18 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Earthquake: रुद्रपुर में भूकंप के झटके लगते ही अपनी जान बचाने के लिए दौड़ी युवती, दो मंजिला छत से नीचे गिरी" [Earthquake: As soon as the earthquake struck Rudrapur, a girl ran to save her life, fell down from a two-storey roof] (in Hindi). Amar Ujala. 9 November 2022.
  14. ^ "भूकम्प के झटकों से दहशत में लोग" [People in panic due to earthquake] (in Hindi). News 100 Uttarakhand. 9 November 2022.
  15. ^ ashish, ishwar (9 November 2022). "Shravasti: श्रावस्ती में भूकंप के झटकों से दरकी घर की फर्श, लोग घर छोड़कर बाहर भागे" [Shravasti: The floor of the house cracked due to the tremors of the earthquake in Shravasti, people left the house and ran out]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Samvar News Agency, Shravasti.
  16. ^ "People urged to stay outdoors in Bajhang after another quake on Saturday evening". Republica. 13 November 2022.
  17. ^ "बैतडी भूकम्पमा परी ६६ वर्षे वृद्धको मृत्यु" [A 66-year-old man died in the Baitadi earthquake]. Khabarhub (in Nepali). 13 November 2022.

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