The recent Nepal earthquakes - Big, but not unexpected
On April 25, 2015 a major earthquake (Magnitude Mw = 7.8) occurred in central Nepal with an epicenter roughly halfway between the Nepalese capital city Kathmandu and the popular tourist town of Pokhara. On May 12, 2015 a second major earthquake (not an aftershock) occurred a little more than 100 km east, between Kathmandu and the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. This earthquake, with a magnitude of Mw = 7.3, was in many ways similar to the earlier event. With two large earthquakes in the same region in such a short time period, questions naturally arise such as:
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https://wiki.helsinki.fi/download/attachments/164331627/DOUAR_nepal_quake.jpg?version=2&modificationDate=1431935280633&api=v2 ▻https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/HUGG/2015/05/13/The+recent+Nepal+earthquakes+-+Big%2C+but+not+unexpected
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