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Housing Damage Photos – Urban and Rural Areas

February 8, 2018

 Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Sahar Derakhshan and Ezra Jampole.

 

Housing Damage in Cities and Urban Areas

 

     Bhaktapur_ByN.Chitrakar_Reuters                           Katmandu_NYtimes   Bhaktapur_AssociatePress
  Figure 1. Bhaktapur, Nepal (Source: Reuters)   Figure 2. Katmandu, Nepal (Source: New York Times)   Figure 3. Bhaktapur, Nepal (Source: Associated Press)
           
           
  28Nepal_Katmandu_AssociatedPres    Bhaktapur_ByD.Berehulak_NYTimes   Bhaktapur_AssociatedPRess
  Figure 4. Katmandu, Nepal (Source: Associated Press)   Figure 5. Bhaktapur, Nepal (Source: New York Times)   Figure 6. Bhaktapur, Nepal (Source: Associated Press)
           
           
  Katmandu_5daysafter_ByD.Ramos_GettyImages   Nepal_NYTimes   471352348-e1430179782358
  Figure 7. Katmandu, Nepal (Source: New York Times)   Figure 8. Nepal (Source: New York Times)   Figure 9. Bhaktapur, Nepal (Source:GettyImage)
           
           
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  Figure 10. Nepal (Source:Charisma)   Figure 11. Lalitpur, Nepal (Source:NPR)   Figure 12. Gonggabu, Nepal (Source: NSET Nepal)
           
           
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  Figure 13. Gonggabu, Nepal (Source: NSET Nepal)   Figure 14. Gonggabu, Nepal (Source: NSET Nepal)   Figure 15. Sankhu, Northwestern Kathmandu Valley of Nepal (Source: NSET Nepal)
           
           

 

Housing Damage in Villages and Remote Areas

 

      6 Dhadingbesti Houses         8 Paslang village Houses   8 Kerauja village Houses
  Figure 1. Dhadingbesti, Nepal (Source:ABC News)   Figure 2. Paslang village, Nepal (Source: International Business Times)   Figure 3. Kerauja village, Nepal (Source: International Business Times)
           
           
  Nuwakot_NYTimes   Sindhupalchok_Reuters   Shankharapur_ByD.Berehulak_NYTimes
  Figure 4. Nuwakot, Nepal (Source: New York Times)   Figure 5. Sindhupalchok, Nepal (Source: Reuters)   Figure 6. Shankharapur, Nepal (Source: New York Times)
           
           
  nepal-earthquake   3 Gorkha district Houses   12 Paslang Village, Gorkha House
  Figure 7. Arughat, Nepal (Source:International Business Times)   Figure 8. Gorkha, Nepal (Source:New York Times)   Figure 9. Paslang village, Nepal (Source:CTV)
           
           
       la-afp-getty-topshots-nepal-quake-jpg-20150501                     1 Ravi Opi House                
  Figure 10. An elderly man stands on the ruins of his home in Paslang village in Gorkha, Nepal (Source:LA Times)   Figure 11. Ravi Opi, Nepal (Source:CNN)  
         
         

 

 

 

Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.

Information on housing impacts from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake.