It was the strongest earthquake in Nepal for 81 years – Polish Radio

  It was founded in the nineteenth century, a 60-meter tower Dharahara was an important tourist attraction , photo: PAP / EPA / Narendra Shrestha
 

The shock strength of 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred on Saturday before noon local time. Its epicenter was located 80 kilometers east of the town of Pokhara in the central part of the country. About half an hour later, there was another shock strength of 6.6. There has also several successive already weak shocks.
Interior Ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal said that in the regions affected by the earthquake declared a state of emergency. – It was a very large earthquake in a fairly populated area of ​​infrastructure, which has suffered as a result of earthquakes – seismologist Paul Earle said the US USGS services.
Under the rubble are still people
Pod the ruins are still people. Nepalese professionals have problems with their extraction due to lack of equipment. Hospitals are full of wounded. Kathmandu International Airport was closed, which makes it more difficult rescues in inaccessible mountainous country. In the capital Kathmandu
and around collapsed many old buildings and monuments. Among the destroyed monuments is a 60-meter high tower Dharahara, was founded in the nineteenth century, a major tourist attraction. The rest of it is a 10-foot crash. During the rescue operation policeman quoted by Reuters reported that in the middle would be about 200 people.
Growing concern that there will be a humanitarian catastrophe. Nepalese authorities have asked for help from abroad. India responded first by sending rescuers and medical equipment.
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Sunday is fly to Nepal Polish heavy search and rescue group HUSAR. It consists of 81 firefighters State Fire Service in Warsaw, Gdansk Nowy Sacz, Lodz and Poznan.
For Nepal is also a group of Polish rescuers head of the Polish Centre for International Aid (PCPM). – This is a small group, as currently there are problems with the availability of Kathmandu. If we get there and it turns out that the Polish medical help is much needed, we will mobilize additional doctors, additional medical assistance, additional emergency medical technicians – said the head of the foundation Wojciech Wilk.
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Avalanche at Mount Everest As a result of shock
avalanche came down at Mount Everest. According to various sources, the number of avalanche fatalities is between 10 to 18 as reported by Reuters, the Mount Everest gathered at the beginning of the season climbing over a thousand climbers.
According to a representative of the Nepalese Himalayan avalanche connection went around the camp, which sets out further way to the top most of the expedition. However, the camp itself was not affected by the elements.
Paul Michalski – Polish climber, who is based at the Mount Everest – confirmed that with Jarosław Gawrysiakiem are “safe and sound”. In a message on Twitter said: We had a lot of luck … unfortunately not all of them had it as much as we do … There is a lot of damage and casualties. It’s hard to describe in a few words what is happening here … “.
Michalski Gawrysiak and take part in the expedition 6 Summits Challenge. Photographer expedition Canadian Elia Saikaly immediately after the avalanche wrote on Facebook that none of the members of the expedition, nothing happened .
total, and in different parts of Nepal were in relation to the time of trekking and climbing in the Himalayas, about 300,000 foreign tourists.
It was the strongest earthquake in Nepal for 81 years. In 1934 shocks strength of 8.3 on the Richter scale have led to the death of about 8500 people and the destruction of many cities, including the capital.
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