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At least 71 killed as 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal
Wall Street Journal graphics; AP & Getty photos; Fox News ^
| Published April 25, 2015
| Foxnews.com
Posted on 04/25/2015 2:50:24 AM PDT by topher
BREAKING NEWS At least 71 people died after a powerful magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepals capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley around noon Saturday, Nepal's Home Ministry says.
Sky News also reports that at least 50 people are trapped underneath rubble of the citys iconic Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandus landmarks built by Nepals royal rulers in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognized historical monument.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; earthquake; nepal
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To: Popman
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:06:34 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
People in the streets afraid more buildings will collapse with after shocks....34 minutes after the first quake a second one hit at 7.0
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:09:35 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
Perhaps you missed my use of the word ‘horrible’...
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:10:58 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: RayChuang88
It said the quake hit at 11.56am local time.....because it was a shallow quake it was about 16 times more powerful than the 7.0 quake that devastated Haiti in 2010.
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:13:57 AM PDT
by
caww
To: logi_cal869
Nepal earthquake triggers avalanches in Mount Everest...sources of Nepal’s largest Everest expeditions reported about landslides.... The base camp suffered serious damage as a result of the avalanche.... At least eight persons were killed after the earthquake triggered a massive avalanche near the base camp of Mount Everest.
A climber from an European team said his tent started rocking and moving as the earthquake hit the region. He said huge boulders started breaking around them from the side of the mountain
http://www.oneindia.com/international/earthquake-8-killed-in-mount-everest-avalanche-1727665.html
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:21:07 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
Alex Gavan @AlexGAVAN 6h6 hours ago Everest base camp huge earthquaqe then huge avalanche from pumori....Running for life from my tent... Unhurt... Many many people up the mountain.
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:23:55 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
Kathmandu's Darbar Square, a World Heritage site, in ruins after earthquake.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:28:21 AM PDT
by
caww
To: dearolddad
Must be caused by all that FRACKING!!!
my thots too.
apparently we have a consensus
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:29:22 AM PDT
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: caww
Fault line across India/Nepal and Pakistan.
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:30:57 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
The things that could make this tragedy much worse are that the epicenter was relatively shallow (only 15 km below the surface) and its close proximity to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. The possibility of
thousands dead cannot be discounted.
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:31:06 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: caww
People jumped from balconies, ran out of buildings into the streets
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:33:43 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Popman
Here's another shot of that tower...it's just completely gone! They said many people are buried under all that rubble
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:36:15 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Cowboy Bob
This was posted along with the destruction at one of the news sites
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:38:58 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:42:29 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: caww
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:45:14 AM PDT
by
caww
To: RayChuang88
Thats OK, some freepers think its just a reason to make tired old jokes about fracking. Forget the thousands dead and hurting.
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:46:09 AM PDT
by
Mom MD
To: RayChuang88; caww
Also heard that hotels used by tourists in Katmandu were affected
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:48:03 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: logi_cal869
Base camp at Mt. Everest before and after the quake
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:48:20 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
You can see the piles of boulders the skier mentioned in his tweet when he said he could see them falling....
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:49:59 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
Many roads badly destroyed
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posted on
04/25/2015 5:52:10 AM PDT
by
caww
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