2015 Nepal Earthquake

The Gorkha earthquake was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, causing widespread destruction across the Kathmandu Valley and triggering avalanches on Mount Everest that killed 22 climbers. Centuries-old UNESCO World Heritage monuments in Kathmandu's Durbar Square were reduced to rubble. A major aftershock of magnitude 7.3 struck on May 12, compounding the devastation and hampering recovery efforts in the mountainous terrain.