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06 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A sign announcing an "Earthquake Sale" at a store that sells hiking and trekking supplies to tourists in Kathmandu. Tourism, which accounts for about 8% of the Nepal economy, has virtually collapsed since the earthquake in April causing more damage to the Nepali economy. The areas most heavily damaged, historic sites in the Kathmandu valley and trekking trails in the Himalaya Mountains, are the most popular tourist areas and the earthquake struck in the middle of the tourist high season. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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06 AUGUST 2015 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A sign announcing an "Earthquake Sale" at a store that sells hiking and trekking supplies to tourists in Kathmandu. Tourism, which accounts for about 8% of the Nepal economy, has virtually collapsed since the earthquake in April causing more damage to the Nepali economy. The areas most heavily damaged, historic sites in the Kathmandu valley and trekking trails in the Himalaya Mountains, are the most popular tourist areas and the earthquake struck in the middle of the tourist high season. The Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015, (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. It had a magnitude of 7.8. The epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19. The earthquake also set off an avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Squar, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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