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Google opens its Person Finder tool to aid earthquake relief efforts in Nepal
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal early this morning, striking an area between Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, with damage extending to India, Bangladesh, and Tibet. At the time of...
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Hit by Avalanche in Everest Basecamp 25.04.2015
"The ground was shaking from the earthquake and as soon as we saw people running we were running ourselves to save our lives."
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Just before the earthquake in Basantapur, Nepal
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Nepal quake death toll could reach 10,000
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala warns that number of people confirmed dead could soar as rescue teams reach remote areas.
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Man trapped for 80 hours
A search and rescue team pulled a man from a collapsed apartment block in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Tuesday after he had spent around 80 hours in a room with three dead bodies. Rishi Khanal, 28, appeared to have had no access to food or water during his ordeal, which began at midday on Saturday when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, destroying buildings and killing at least 4,600 people.
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Nepal Earthquake - First hand experience
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The Psychology of Inevitable Earthquakes
Nepalis saw disaster coming. Why wasn't more done to prepare for it?
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Man, 101, Found Alive After Nepal Quake
Funchu Tamang is pulled from under his home a day after the Nepal government rules out finding more survivors.
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Experts Baffled by Rare Earthquake
Saturday's earthquake that shook much of Michigan took many by surprise.
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Nepal: Facts About Geology & Culture
Nepal is a narrow, landlocked country directly north of India and below China. Located where two tectonic plates meet, it the area is prone to earthquakes.
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Nepal earthquake: Mount Everest climbs 'almost impossible'
Climbing Mount Everest this season is "almost impossible" because the routes have been damaged by avalanches triggered by last month's earthquake, officials in Nepal say. They warn that it will take time for the routes to be remade. The government has not announced an official decision. At least 19 people were killed in the avalanches. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake is now known to have killed more than 7,000 people and injured more than 10,000.
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NASA's Radar Found 4 Men Trapped in Rubble in Nepal By Their Heartbeats
A couple years ago, NASA and DHS unveiled a portable radar unit based on technology used to detect alien life on distant exoplanets. This radar unit, though, would be used closer to home—to find people burried under rubble. In the first real-world demonstration of its use, the device helped save 4 men trapped under earthquake rubble in Nepal.
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Ronaldo reportedly donates £5 million to help in Nepal after earthquake
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has donated 7 million euros (£5m) to help the aid effort in Nepal, according to reports in France.
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Texas earthquakes: Fracking is likely cause, study says
Jim and Gail Wells have lived in the upscale Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas, for 14 years. Nestled between Dallas and Fort Worth, they love their quaint neighborhood for its custom homes amid rolling hills and large trees. One of the neighborhood's newer features is a spate of seismic activity. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Dallas area has suffered almost 40 small earthquakes (magnitude 2.0 or higher) since the beginning of this year...
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The shocking reason why some Nepalese workers can't go to earthquake victims' funerals
Tens of thousands of workers on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar cannot get home to see their families and attend funerals in the wake of last month’s Nepal earthquake.
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Powerful new earthquake hits devastated Nepal
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes two weeks after massive quake killed thousands in Himalayan nation.
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When the Internet Saves Lives
Imagine if you lost your internet service. Picture having no email capability or access to net-based information for days, even weeks. Yikes! How would the loss of the internet affect your daily work?
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Scientologists are in Nepal trying to 'heal' trauma victims
cientologists profess a range of supernatural powers. They claim the ability to turn drunk people sober in minutes. A Scientologist can heal the traumatized, so they say, simply by reconnecting a victim’s body with a “thetan,” or immortal spirit. None of this is backed by medical science. But that hasn’t stopped Scientologists from flying to Nepal — alongside many other religious and spiritual groups — to practice dubious healing techniques on grieving earthquake survivors.
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Japan Earthquake: Magnitude 8.5 Quake Strikes off East Coast
A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate reports of damage since the quake was extremely deep.
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Nepal’s Political Faultlines
Nepal’s people live a constant struggle to accumulate some insulation from the hardships and arbitrariness of life. It often takes just a little thing to tip the balance against survival.The earthquakes were big, very, very big...
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