This is a timeline of Nepal Earthquake history:
1st earthquake occurred in 1255 A.D. This is a massive earthquake. Before the 2015 earthquake, the 1255 earthquake was known as the deadliest earthquake ever occurred in the history of Nepal. Nepal also lost that time’s reign King, King Abhay Malla during that earthquake.
2nd earthquake was in 1833 Around 500 fatalities are recorded after an earthquake destroys nearly 4,600 dwellings.
In 1934 another earthquake occurred in Nepal-Bihar which killed over 10,000 people.
1950 The Assam-Tibet earthquake happened which causes seiches (waves in standing water) as far away as England.
1988 An earthquake hit the Nepal-India border. A 6.8 on the Richter scale of earthquake occurred, the earthquake caused more than 722 deaths in Nepal and nearly 78,000 dwelling places were destroyed beyond repair in India and Nepal.
2001 As per the research, reports studies indicate that a large earthquake is overdue in the Himalaya region.
2001–2003 At this period, a small earthquake occurred which killed around 45 people in Nepal.
2011 An earthquake occurred in Sikkim. In that earthquake, about 100 people died in India, and 11 people died in Nepal.
2015 This Earthquake killed thousands of people in Nepal and destroyed centuries-old buildings. Here is a timeline of Earthquake tremors of 2015 and international help and support given by various nations to Nepal.
April and May 2015 In April 2015, Nepalese people survived from a very scary earthquake, which is also known as the Gorkha earthquake. During that earthquake, nearly 9,000 people were killed and about 22,000 were injured. On 25 April 2015, earthquakes occurred in Nepal at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time with a magnitude of 7.8Mw or 8.1Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe).
The earthquake’s epicenter was east of the Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It was one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.
With its occurrence at an hour, many people in rural areas were working outdoors, due to which it decreased the loss of property and human lives. Many multi-story buildings in Kathmandu were destroyed and creating landslides and avalanches in the Himalayas Mountains.
After 81 years of the 1934 earthquake, it was the deadliest earthquake in Nepal.