The April 2015 Nepal Earthquake, also known as the Gorkha Earthquake, shook Nepal on 25 April with a magnitude of 7.8 leaving over 8,800 people dead and 23,000 injured. A major aftershock with a magnitude of 7.3 followed on 12 May killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 2,500 people.
It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal Bihar Earthquake but it is very unlikely to be the last.
Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo by Marcos Ezequiel Angeloni 2015. All rights reserved.