1. Home
  2. Update

Nepal earthquake: 'You can't rule out more earthquakes to come'

Upload your content
Photo by Flickr user DFID - UK Department for International Development CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/16693413433/
Photo by Flickr user DFID - UK Department for International Development CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/16693413433/

Nepal has been struck by another strong earthquake just a few weeks after a magnitude 7.8 quake killed over 8,000 people, reports International Business Times.

According to the article, Brian Baptie, head of Seismology at British Geological Survey, said that there have already been a number of aftershocks from the latest earthquakes, and that another larger one could hit in the near future: "You can't rule it out. It's impossible to say the timescales on that kind of process. It's highly uncertain.

Explore further

Hazards Earthquake
Country and region Nepal

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use