Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Photos of Damage to Houses due to May 12 Shaking

February 8, 2018

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

People walk along the debris of the collapsed houses after a fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on May 12, 2015.

 

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Figure 1. Location: Katmandu, Nepal (NDTV). Figure 2. Location: Katmandu, Nepal (Photo/Bikram Rai).
   
   
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Figure 3. (NSET). Figure 4. (Twitter).
   
   
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Figure 5. Location: Katmandu, Nepal (Associated Press). Figure 6. Sankhu area damaged further due to May 12 Shaking (NSET).
   
   
People walk along the debris of the collapsed houses after a fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, in Sankhu May 12, 2015.  REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 44
Figure 7. Location: Sankhu, Nepal (Navesh Chitrakar) (Reuters). Figure 8. Location: Sankhu, Nepal (JordanTimes).
   
   
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Figure 9. (Telegraph). Figure 10. (NSET).
   
   
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Figure 11. (CNN). Figure 12. Location: Lalitpur, Nepal (Associate Press).
   
   

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.