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The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed over 8,000 people and injured more than 21,000. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8 . Its epicenter was east of Lamjung District, and its hypo center was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km . It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless due to the devastating earthquake. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square, the Bhaktapur Durbar Square,and the Changu Narayan . Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.
