2022 Nepal earthquake

2022 Nepal earthquake
2022 नेपालमा भूकम्प

UTC time	2022-11-08 20:27:23
ISC event	625159336
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	9 November 2022 (2022-11-09)
Local time	02:12 NST (UTC+5:45) 01:57 IST (UTC+5:30)
Magnitude	5.7 Mw
Depth	11 km (6.8 mi)
Epicenter	29.274°N 81.189°E / 29.274; 81.189
Fault	Main Central Thrust
Type	Reverse
Areas affected	Nepal, India
Total damage	Severe
Max. intensity	MMI VII (Very strong)
Landslides	Yes
Foreshocks	At least three (Mw  4.1, 3.5, 4.9)[1]
Aftershocks	More than 200 (as of 9 November 2022).[2] Largest so far is Mww  5.2[3]
Casualties	6 dead, 13 injured[note 1]

A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Doti District, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal on 9 November 2022.^[4] The earthquake was widely felt in western Nepal and northern India.

Tectonic setting

Nepal lies in the Himalayas, which were created as a result of the Indian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate, forming the Main Himalayan Thrust.

Earthquakes are common in Nepal. In 1934, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sagarmatha, killing over 10,700 in Nepal and in Bihar, India. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck eastern Nepal in 1988, killing over 700. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,900 in central Nepal, many in the capital Kathmandu.

Earthquake

The earthquake was felt by over 42.1 million people across Nepal, India and China.^[5] The earthquake occurred as a result of reverse faulting. It was felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, approximately 400 km (250 mi) away.^[6]

Impact

Nepal

Six people, including four minors were killed,^[7] all of whom died when a house collapsed in Doti District.^[8] Twelve others were injured, five of them seriously, 924 houses collapsed and 5,186 others were damaged.^{[9][10][11][12]}

India

In the city of Rudrapur in the state of Uttarakhand, a young woman was injured while fleeing in panic. In the village of Bhanti in Almora district, cracks appeared in several houses.^[13][14] In Shravasti district, in Uttar Pradesh, the quake caused cracks to appear in the floors of a house. Cracks also appeared in several old houses in Bhinga, where power outages occurred.^[15]

12 November aftershock

November 12 earthquake

UTC time	2022-11-12 14:27:05
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
Local time	20:12:05 NST
Magnitude	5.2 Mww
Depth	10.0 km (6 mi)
Epicenter	29.330°N 81.168°E / 29.330; 81.168
Max. intensity	MMI V (Moderate)
Casualties	1 dead

At 8:12 p.m. local time, the largest aftershock of M_ww  5.2 struck near the Bajhang District. Additional damage to previously weakened houses was caused there,^[16] and a 66-year-old person in the neighboring district of Baitadi died while fleeing his home in panic.^[17]

Notes

1. This includes one indirect injury in Uttarkhand, India. The rest of the casualties are in Nepal.

See also

• List of earthquakes in 2022
• List of earthquakes in Nepal
• List of earthquakes in India

References

1. "Three pre-shocks reduced impact of Nov 9 pre-dawn earthquake: Official". Devdiscourse. Press Trust of India. 24 November 2022.
2. "200 aftershocks so far in Doti district". The Himalayan Times. 9 November 2022.
3. "M 5.2 – 23 km ENE of Dipayal, Nepal". United States Geological Survey.
4. "M 5.7 – 20 km E of Dipayal, Nepal". United States Geological Survey.
5. "PAGER". United States Geological Survey.
6. Binaj Gurubacharya. "Earthquake rocks west Nepal, felt as far as New Delhi". United States: ABC News.
7. "भूकम्प अपडेट : मृतक ६ जनासहित सबै घाइतेको परिचय खुल्याे". newsofnepal.com (in Nepali).
8. "6 killed as 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal; strong tremors felt in Delhi, neighbouring areas". The Times of India. 9 November 2022.
9. "भूकम्पका घाइतेको उपचार डोटीमा हुँदै" (in Nepali). 9 November 2022.
10. "Six dead, 12 injured in Doti earthquake". The Kathmandu Post. 9 November 2022.
11. "भूकम्पले ६ को मृत्युपछि गैरागाउँ शोकमा" [Garagaon in mourning after the death of 6 in the earthquake]. Kantipur (in Nepali).
12. "Nepal: Far Western Earthquake Response in Nepal DREF Application (MDRNP013)" (Situation Report). ReliefWeb. 18 November 2022.
13. "Earthquake: रुद्रपुर में भूकंप के झटके लगते ही अपनी जान बचाने के लिए दौड़ी युवती, दो मंजिला छत से नीचे गिरी" [Earthquake: As soon as the earthquake struck Rudrapur, a girl ran to save her life, fell down from a two-storey roof] (in Hindi). Amar Ujala. 9 November 2022.
14. "भूकम्प के झटकों से दहशत में लोग" [People in panic due to earthquake] (in Hindi). News 100 Uttarakhand. 9 November 2022.
15. ashish, ishwar (9 November 2022). "Shravasti: श्रावस्ती में भूकंप के झटकों से दरकी घर की फर्श, लोग घर छोड़कर बाहर भागे" [Shravasti: The floor of the house cracked due to the tremors of the earthquake in Shravasti, people left the house and ran out]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Samvar News Agency, Shravasti.
16. "People urged to stay outdoors in Bajhang after another quake on Saturday evening". Republica. 13 November 2022.
17. "बैतडी भूकम्पमा परी ६६ वर्षे वृद्धको मृत्यु" [A 66-year-old man died in the Baitadi earthquake]. Khabarhub (in Nepali). 13 November 2022.

External links

• The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
• M 5.6 – NEPAL – 2022-11-08 20:27:22 UTC – European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre