Facts about Nepal Earthquake

A strong (7.8) earthquake hit Nepal in the area near Barpak, a mountain village between capital Kathmandu and tourist town Pokhara. The earthquake was followed by many powerful aftershocks and a very powerful one (6.7) hit Nepal on Sunday April 26.

The earthquakes caused extensive damage to buildings and thousands of deaths and injuries and was even felt in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Many (historic) buildings collapsed, temples have been ruined, roads destroyed. Nearly 8000 deaths in Nepal and tens of deaths in India & Tibet. The quake was followed by more than 430 aftershocks and another huge earthquake (6.8) on May 12.

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PRESS RELEASE: The World's Largest Mountains, a Londoner and a Disaster of Global Scale

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PRESS RELEASE From London: DC: "The World's Largest Mountains, a Londoner, and a Disaster of Global Scale" by By Phil Mahony, 16th of September

Earlier this Year the LONDON:DC team supported an inspirational consultant from PwC, documenting her journey to scale two of the world's largest mountains back to back. Heather Geluk is a Canadian born Londoner, a full time consultant for PwC who