Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami led to an increased awareness about earthquake preparedness among Kathmandu residents. Since then, Nepal has experienced one major and many moderate earthquakes and ...

Climbing Season Climbing season in the Himalayas predominately takes place just twice per year when the Jetstream subsides above the Himala ...

“Kathmandu, Kathmandu,” he mumbled to himself as if savoring the sound of it, as if this sound reminded him of something ...

The 2015 Nepal earthquakes caused significant destruction, leading to severe loss of life and infrastructure. Recently, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on January 7, 2025, near the Nepal-Tibet border ...

The quake woke up residents in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu -- about 140 miles from the epicenter -- and sent them running into the streets. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake measured ...

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck ... was close to the border with Nepal, around 50 miles north of the world’s highest mountain. The tremors were felt as far ...

“It is a big earthquake,” a woman can be heard saying. “People are all shaking.” Associated Press writer Binaj Gurubacharya in Kathmandu, Nepal, and researcher Yu Bing in Beijing ...

Lobuche, located near the Khumbu Glacier in Nepal, lies approximately 150 kilometres east of Kathmandu and is close to the Everest Base Camp. China's earthquake monitoring agency recorded the ...

Kathmandu residents fled their homes as tremors from a powerful earthquake some 400 km away in Tibet shook the Nepali capital early on Jan 7. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills ...

At least 126 people were killed and 188 injured as a strong earthquake struck the Tibet region on Tuesday morning. The quake struck at 9:05 am local time (01:05 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles ...

While earlier reports said the quake originated in Nepal, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a little later reported that the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centred in Tibet at a depth of ...