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Nepal, the Land of Mountains, Hills and Terai.

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Historical Earthquakes of Nepal

 This is the list of some historical earthquakes of Nepal compiled from various sources.



References:

  1. National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET)
  2. Pandey, M.R. & Molnar, P. (1988). "The Himalaya, its tectonic environment, and seismicity"
  3. Tiwari, Sudarshan. (1992). "The Brick and the Bull: An Account of Handigaon"
  4. Bilham, R. et al. (1995). "The Kathmandu Valley earthquakes of 1833 and 1834"
  5. Ambraseys, N.N. & Douglas, J. (2004). "Magnitude Calibration of North Indian Earthquakes"
  6. United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Information
  7. Bajracharya, B. (2001). "Earthquake Risk Reduction in Nepal"
  8. Udayapur Earthquake: NSET Report, 1990
  9. Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission (2015). "Post-Disaster Needs Assessment"
  10. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2015 Gorkha Earthquake
  11. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2015

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