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Aftershocks

On May 12, only a couple weeks after the disastrous magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, there was yet another earthquake in the same area – this time a magnitude 7.4 event. Since the magnitude scale is logarithmic, the smaller magnitude means that the May 12 quake was several times smaller than the initial shock, but since many buildings in the area were weakened by the first quake there was still significant damage and several dozen deaths reported.

The second quake met the technical definition of an aftershock of the first quake and gives an opportunity to explain aftershocks. The U.S. Geological survey defines aftershocks as “earthquakes that follow the largest shock of an earthquake sequence. They are smaller than the mainshock and within 1-2 rupture lengths distance from the mainshock.”

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doctorswithoutborders:

Photo by Brian Sokol 

MSF staff and local Nepalese distribute medical materials in Gorkha District. The second earthquake in Nepal on May 12 has made recovery efforts problematic. “This complicates an already precarious situation,” says MSF Country Director Dan Sermand. “There is going to be more trouble accessing the affected areas. MSF is strengthening its emergency operations and re-assessing the needs of those affected by the current earthquake in order to respond accordingly and immediately.”  

For more information on MSF in Nepal click here: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/country-region/nepal

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NEPAL, BHAKTAPUR : Nepalese residents walks past damaged houses following an earthquake in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 13, 2015. Rescuers were battling to reach survivors of a deadly new earthquake in Nepal that triggered landslides and brought down buildings, as the search continued for a US military helicopter that went missing while delivering aid. Thousands of traumatised survivors spent the night outdoors, afraid to return to their houses after the 7.3-magnitude quake hitMay 12, 2015, less than three weeks after the country was devastated April 25, 2015 by its deadliest quake in more than 80 years. AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA                        

arjuna-vallabha:

Woman at buddhist Golden Temple at patan, Nepal