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This is a list of earthquakes in Nepal. It includes those events with their epicentre in the country and those that occurred outside the country, but caused significant damage in Nepal.

List

Date Time‡ Place Latitude Longitude Fatalities Magnitude Comments Sources
7 June 1255 Kathmandu 27.7 85.3 2,200 7.8 [1]
1260 Sagarmatha 27.1 86.8 100 7.1 [2]
1344 Mechi 27.5 87.5 100 7.9 [2]
August 1408 Near Nepal-Tibet Border, Bagmati zone 27.9 86.0 2,500 8.2 [2]
6 June 1505 Near Saldang, Karnali zone
see 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake
 29.5 83.0 6,000 8.8 [2]
January 1681 Northern Kosi zone 27.6 87.1 4,500 8.0 [2]
July 1767 Northern Bagmati zone 28.0 85.5 4,000 7.9 [2]
26 August 1833 Kathmandu/Bihar 27.9 85.5 6,500 8.0 Ms [3]
7 July 1869 Kathmandu 27.7 85.3 750 6.5 Ms [4]
28 August 1916 06:39 Nepal/Tibet 30.0 81.0 3,500 7.7 Ms [5]
15 January 1934 08:43 Nepal/India/Tibet
see 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake 		26.773 86.762 8,519 8.4 Mw [6]
27 June 1966 10:41 Nepal/India border 29.554 80.854 80 6.3 Ms [7]
29 July 1980 14:58 Nepal/Pithoragarh 29.598 81.092 200 6.5 Ms [8]
20 August 1988 23:09 Kathmandu/Bihar
see 1988 Nepal earthquake 		26.775 86.616 1,091 6.6 Ms [9]
18 September 2011 06:29 Sikkim, India 27.33 88.62 111 6.9 Ms
25 April 2015 11:58:26 Kathmandu/India/Tibet
see April 2015 Nepal earthquake
and list of 2015 aftershocks 		28.147 84.708 8,922 7.8 Mw [10]
12 May 2015 12:38 IST Nepal/China/India
see May 2015 Nepal earthquake
(one of the 2015 aftershocks) 		27.97 85.96 213 7.3

References

  1. ^ "Comments for the 1255 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Historical Earthquakes in Nepal". Disaster Preparedness Network Nepal. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Comments for the 1833 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Comments for the 1869 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Comments for the 1916 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Comments for the 1934 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Comments for the 1966 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Comments for the 1980 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Comments for the 1988 earthquake". National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  10. ^ "M7.9 – 29 km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal". United States Geological Survey. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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