Huge Earth Quake in North Nepal and all over India on 25th April 2015… with >3,400 victims and 5,000 injured people.

(Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#impact_shakemap )

Dear musical friends, dear listeners from all around the globe !

… I am very sorry about the terrific news we get from all over India, North Nepal, Katmandu (Nepal’s capital)… with a tremendous earth quake at maximum strength of 7.8-7.9 in peak on Richter scale at 06:11:26 UTC on Saturday, 25th April 2015. Another peak reached its hight at 6.7 on Sunday, 26th April at 07:09 UTC. It seems the strongest eathquake measured over last 80 years in India, with epi centre in Northern part of Nepal.

We get from our musical friends even in Kolkata, Mumbai and other places reports. In Kolkata the earthquake durated on Saturday round about 1 minute with strength of 7.8, too.

I will try to keep you updated with our NewsTicker. – Saturday, 25th April is a sad and shocking day. In our thoughts we are with the families of killed beloved ones, injured and missed persons.

Warm regards
ElJay Arem
– Chief Editor –

Rescue operation in progress… (1)

Rescue operation in progress… (2)

Truly awful sight. Kathmandu’s Darbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in ruins after today’s earthquake.

Injured people receive treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

Grand Bhimsen tower before and after quake in Nepal (Picture: Twitter)

Terrible damages as seen with latest pics from Kathmandu of #earthquake aftermath (Source: ANI on Twitter )

Houses collapse due to earthquake in Anamnagar, Kathmandu (Photo courtesy: Twitter)

DPA picture from Nepal….

News Ticker: Damage reports coming in…

•  25th April 2015… the day of the earthquake

+++ 09:47 UTC: 50 died in Nepal, 400 stranded in Kathmandu mosque debris; 9 died in India…

+++ 09:53 UTC: more than 110 died in Nepal… increasing numbers are to be expected.

+++ 09:54 UTC: After shock waves are even measured in China…. more after shockwaves to be expected… meanwhile counted more than 16 close to the epic centre in North Nepal

+++ 09:58 UTC: India’s MEA opens 24-hour control room for queries regarding tragic Nepal earthquake.

+91 11 2301 2113
   +91 11 2301 4104
   +91 11 2301 7905 (Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India)

+++ 09:59 UTC: Over 150 dead in Kathmandu post 7.9 magnitude earthquake, Nepal’s ministry of home affairs says (Source: CNN)

+++ 10:20 UTC: Latest news from Nepal government… at least 500 killed to be expected  (Source TOI India TV)

+++ 10:47 UTC: Earth quake measured in Lahore, Pakistan.

+++ 10:55 UTC: Biggest damages by earthquake in India have been measured in Bihar and Northen Bengal

+++ 11:10 UTC: Nepal police reports at least 565 killed people…. 20 died in India.

+++ 11:30 UTC: Nepal National Operation Emergency Centre / Indian Embassy in Nepal HOTLINE opened:

+977-9851107021
   +977-9851135141
   +977-14200105

+++ 11:56 UTC: Death toll rises to nearby 700 (688 by officials), over 180 killed in Kathmandu + building of Indian Embassady completly destroyed + one employee in Indian embassady killed.

+++ 12:05 UTC: Ministry of External Affairs, India pleased to use EMAIL if possible instead telephone hotline of control room to avoid overload and leave details about beloved ones being missed in Nepal or earthquake zones in India. The email is: controlroom@mea.gov.in .

+++ 12:31 UTC: 8 people killed in two base camps of climbers in Himalaya

+++ 12:55 UTC: 5 dead and 13 injured in Tibet

+++ 12:59 UTC: First Aircraft of Indian Air force with specialists of NDRF (National Diseaster Response Force) and tons of relief materials landed in Nepal.

+++ 13:17 UTC: corrected number !!!! 18 (instead of 8) people killed in base camps of climbers in Himalaya / Mount Everest

+++ 13:26 UTC: death tolll uprised heavily to more than 900 (with 876 in Nepal), Reuter says.

+++ 13:30 UTC: Confirmed by Ravi Shankar Prasad on TOI Television: It has been decided that for the coming 3 days BSNL calls to Nepal will be charged at local rates.

+++ 13:35 UTC: 2nd airplane (C17 Globalmaster) of Indian Air Forces just started to Nepal with 15 tonnes of reliev material and 96 NDRF personnel (National Diseaster Response Force) on board.

+++ 13:59 UTC: India’s own death toll: 7 killed in Uttar Pradesh, 35 in Bihar and 15 injured children in West Bengal.

+++ 14:49 UTC: death toll uprises to nearby 1,000 (for now: 970)

• 26th April 2015… one day after the earthquake

+++ 07:09 UTC: new aftershock wave at a high peak of 6.7 o n Richter Scale measured in Nepal, south of Kodari

+++ 12:05 UTC: UN estimates 6.6 million people to be affected by the earthquake

+++ 12:47 UTC: National carrier Air India resumed its flights to quake-hit Nepal with two services- one each from Delhi and Kolkata; Air India would also fly one additional flight, each from New Delhi and Kolkata with relief material along with the scheduled flights. Besides Air India, private carriers Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet also fly to Kathmandu.

+++ 12:54 UTC: death toll crosses 2,200 in Nepal earthquake + IMD warns heavy rains may trigger landslides.

+++ 12:59 UTC: 62 dead, 259 injured counted for now in total in India.

+++ 13:00 UTC: rescuse & relief is main focus… evacuation of Indians in Nepal in full process: 540 on Saturday, 633 on Sunday. Still many are stranded.

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Google India launches person finder for Erathquake victims in Nepal and India @googleindia: We’ve just launched a Person Finder instance to help track missing persons for the #Nepal earthquake —> http://goo.gl/JPbTNa (Source: MyNewsSpear –https://www.facebook.com/mynewsspear/posts/10203468654070911?fref=nf )

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture for spreading awareness about the need to help those hit by the effects of the earthquake. (Source: sand sculpture with a message “Help the earthquake victims” at Puri beach in Odisha).

Ongoing seismological measurements… on 25th April 2015 with aftershocks on 26th April:
(Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ )

• 26th April 2015… new aftershock waves on 2nd day with 6.7 at 07:09:08 UTC

(7) 4.5
21km NE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-26 08:46:16 UTC 10.0 km

(6) 4.6
16km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-26 08:40:55 UTC 10.0 km

(5) 4.7
25km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:36:26 UTC 10.0 km

(4) 5.0
29km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:26:04 UTC 10.0 km

(3) 6.7
17km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:09:08 UTC 10.0 km

(2) 4.4
30km NE of Bharatpur, Nepal
2015-04-26 04:58:39 UTC 10.0 km

(1) 4.6
24km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-26 02:48:39 UTC 10.0 km

• 25th April 2015… 27 aftershock waves measured on 1st day

(30) 4.5
29km NNW of Ramechhap, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:41:52 UTC 10.0 km

(29) 5.6
41km WNW of Kirtipur, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:16:15 UTC 10.0 km

(28) 4.3
27km NNW of Ramechhap, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:12:52 UTC 10.0 km

(27) 4.7
20km E of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 21:07:17 UTC 10.0 km

(26) 4.4
24km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 20:32:48 UTC 10.0 km

(25) 4.1
2km E of Patan, Nepal
2015-04-25 18:58:34 UTC 10.0 km

(24) 4.9
23km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 16:27:21 UTC 10.0 km

(23) 4.6
14km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 14:10:02 UTC 10.0 km

(22) 4.6
23km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 13:36:14 UTC 10.0 km

(21) 4.6
51km NNW of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 13:30:28 UTC 10.0 km

(20) 5.2
29km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 12:44:04 UTC 10.0 km

(19) 4.2
36km N of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 12:01:13 UTC 10.0 km

(18) 4.4
21km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 10:53:43 UTC 10.0 km

(17) 4.2
20km WSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 10:23:19 UTC 10.0 km deep

(16) 5.0
31km NNW of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 09:30:29 UTC 10.0 km deep

5.7
33km SE of Xegar, China
2015-04-25 09:17:02 UTC 10.0 km deep

(15) 4.9
19km N of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 09:03:15 UTC 10.0 km deep

(14) 5.3
1km WNW of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:55:55 UTC 10.0 km deep

(13) 5.0
41km SE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:29:24 UTC 10.0 km deep

(12) 4.7
22km W of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:20:11 UTC 10.0 km deep

(11) 4.9
17km ENE of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:16:59 UTC 10.0 km deep

(10) 4.6
20km E of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:05:37 UTC 10.0 km deep

(9) 5.0
15km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:47:01 UTC 10.0 km deep

(8) 4.5
22km E of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:39:33 UTC 10.0 km deep

(7) 4.8
33km N of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:16:56 UTC 10.0 km deep

(6) 4.8
5km SE of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:13:44 UTC 10.0 km deep

(5) 5.0
25km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:07:59 UTC 10.0 km deep

(4) 5.5
25km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:56:34 UTC 10.0 km deep

(3) 6.6
49km E of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:45:21 UTC 14.6 km deep

(2) 5.1
28km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:37:58 UTC 9.8 km deep

5.3
65km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan
2015-04-25 06:35:45 UTC 77.2 km deep

(1) 7.8
34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:11:26 UTC 15.0 km deep

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