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The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometer. Nepal was then hit by an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 at 2:51 PM at a depth of 5 kilometer, tremors of which were felt in north India, including Uttarakhand and Delhi-NCR. In India, the earthquake tremors were also felt in Haryana's Gurgaon and Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.

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• The quake and its aftershocks affected an estimated 8 million people—more than a quarter of Nepal's population. Nearly 9,000 people lost their lives, more than 22,000 were injured, and about 750,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.

• The strongest earthquake in Nepal happened on 04/25/2015 in the Kathmandu; India; China; Bangladesh region with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale.

• Saturday's catastrophic earthquake in Nepal occurred because of two converging tectonic plates: the India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north, the U.S. Geological Survey said.