What is the causation of this incident?
Earthquake is movements within the Earth’s crust cause stress to build up at points of weakness, and rocks to deform. The reason of this devastating event is the regular movement of the fault line that runs along Nepal’s southern border, where the Indian subcontinent collided with the Eurasia plate 40 million to 50 million years ago.
When did it happen?
An earthquake with magnitude 6.7 occurred near KATHMANDU, Nepal at 07:09:08.90 UTC on Apr 26, 2015.
Lost
Estimated around 3218 people who have confirmed lost their lives by morning Monday April 27 2015 (the number has risen up to around 3800) and more than 6000 injured ,most the building, temples and landmarks are destroyed
Effects
The US is sending a disaster response team and $1m also are India China Japan UK Pakistan UNICEF and many other countries including Thailand are sending help aids medical teams to Nepal .
Idea
We can help donating the money to the people who contact to Nepal organization ,helping them out though its not that much.
Citation
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-international-aid-agencies.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/nepal-earthquake-us-disaster-response-aid
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nations-rushing-rescue-aid-to-nepal-earthquake-survivors/
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