No Rest For Nepal
They were just starting to get organized and back to a small degree of normalcy when they got hit with a massive aftershock. The US Geologic Service has a summary of the event: May 12, 2015 M 7.3 Nepal earthquake. The epicenter was 18km (11mi) SE of Kodari, Nepa, well to the east of the April 25, 2015 M 7.8 mainshock. The USGS has logged over 100 aftershocks of 3.0 or greater.
A US helicopter and 6 Marines are listed as missing after today’s event which killed dozens of people and destroyed many of the buildings that had been weakened by the April 25 event.
The monsoon season will start shortly bringing even more misery to a small nation already brought low.
