Watch How Durbar Square Destroyed in Seconds - Nepal Earthquake Video Footage

What causes Earthquakes

Earthquakes are the vibrations caused by rocks breaking under stress. The underground surface along which the rock breaks and moves is called a fault plane.

Nepal faced a devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015,(Baishak 12, 2072 BS) Saturday, with a magnitude of 7.9 . Till now, Over 8,604 died and More than 22,000 are injured. Due to series of aftershocks in different parts of Nepal, still people are being scared.

Live Footage source : India TV

The Nepal Home Ministry also announced that foreign rescue teams are actively helping our nation with their effective rescue operations all over. The rescue teams come from India, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, France, Israel, Malaysia and JICA were expand for search and rescue operations in various places of Capital Kathmandu valley. According to the ministry, the Sri Lanka team rescued a youth alive from Balaju area. Rescue team from UK is deployed in Most damaged areas Sindhupalchowk district. Likewise, 9 foreign medical teams are deployed in various affected area across the nation.