Recalling the 2015 Nepal earthquake that caused Mt. Everest deadliest avalanche
Randi Mann
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On Saturday, April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing around 9,000 and injuring approximately 22,000.
Building damage as a result of 2015 Nepal earthquake. Courtesy of Krish Dulal/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0
Entire villages were obliterated, leaving hundreds of thousands of Nepalese homeless.
There were many aftershocks, but a major one on May 12 killed another 200 people and injured another 2,500.