7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Nepal Killing Thousands

Nepal

A very strong earthquake at 7.8 magnitude shook near the capital of Kathmandu on April 25 and flattened houses, buildings and even temples and killing four thousand people already as of April 27, with many more buried under the rubble.

More than a million people live
in the capital city of Kathmandu,
and people there are already used to earthquakes
since they are common occurrence there.
But Saturday's earthquake was the strongest
in more than 80 years since 1934.