A 7.5 earthquake jolted Nepal early in the morning today. The tremors were felt in major northern cities of India, too. Thanks to the ubiquitous social media, the news of and destruction by the earthquake travelled as fast as the tremors.
Here is Twitter giving us everything from the news to the destruction to advice.
#Earthquake #Magnitude 7.5 Depth 11.2 KM – 35km E of Lamjung, Nepal Reports @USGS
— Shuvankar Mukherjee (@shuvankr) April 25, 2015
7.7 magnitude #Earthquake epicentred 89 km NW of Kathmandu. pic.twitter.com/F6c0Nexp83
— The Quint (@TheQuint) April 25, 2015
Kathmandu has population of roughly 5 million people, and building standards are awful / non-existent #Nepal #earthquake — Adam Roberts (@ARobertsjourno) April 25, 2015
Scientists have been predicting a massive #earthquake on the Himalayas for decades now. Strangely nobody seems to care, no preparedness — Hatuey (@AgentSaffron) April 25, 2015
Just in case the earth decides to go berserk again. Take a quick glance at this. #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/yZyggV27Sl
— Nigel Britto (@NigelBritto) April 25, 2015
Damage caused by the #earthquake in #Kathmandu pic.twitter.com/3A3N2PXi9l
— Sanjog DUTTA (@sanjogdutta) April 25, 2015
And once in a while the earth shakes slightly & then we all realise how weak we humans really are against nature…. #earthquake — Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) April 25, 2015
Contact in Kathmandu says he spoke to 72-year-old man, who had never before felt earthquake this strong… #nepal #earthquake — Adam Roberts (@ARobertsjourno) April 25, 2015
Massive destruction in #Kathmandu So many aftershocks now. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/IfABAlAf7J
— Sanjog DUTTA (@sanjogdutta) April 25, 2015
This #earthquake may have verified the xkcd strip about tweets vs. seismic waves… https://t.co/cW12DIC6q4 pic.twitter.com/Q6zxThv7ll
— Shrey Goyal (@ShreyGoyal) April 25, 2015
Bunch of us huddled in the middle of an intersection away from things we’ve seen fall. #Kathmandu #earthquake pic.twitter.com/HomswcjyZW — Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) April 25, 2015
Seems like more people are heading out of Thamel into this more open area #nepalearthquake #kathmandu #earthquake pic.twitter.com/nmf1tV0NVr — Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) April 25, 2015
More pictures of #earthquake. #Nepal pic.twitter.com/YQjvu4Fm2D
— Guna Raj Luitel (@gunaraj) April 25, 2015
Kathmandu earthquake upgraded to 7.9 magnitude
— Koushik Dutta (@Koushik_Reds) April 25, 2015
#Breaking: #Kathmandu’s 62-metre Dharahara collapses, 400 people suspected to be trapped in rubble – @nepocean pic.twitter.com/YmwOcqMRdI — World Aggregate News (@WAGGNews) April 25, 2015
Kathmandu earthquake, video here.. https://t.co/A2jktr79Qt … — Muhammad Irshad (@IrshadKashan) April 25, 2015
Must take care precautions during #earthquake, people in Kathmandu take care during after shocks. pic.twitter.com/6K7KoTuR7C
— Zankrut Oza (@zankrut) April 25, 2015
Early pics out of Kathmandu very scary. Imagine what damage could be like in Nepal’s many remote mountainous villages.
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) April 25, 2015
BASANTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE IS GONE!!! pic.twitter.com/HnauT0fDia — Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) April 25, 2015
Salman Khurshid evacuates his building after tremors were felt in Delhi #earthquake https://t.co/sTw4b396XW
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 25, 2015
—siliguri — Sent by WhatsApps pic.twitter.com/WmpKLWz9tz
— Naresh Agarwal (@modinaresh444) April 25, 2015
