Nepal Earthquake May Have ‘Unzipped’ Fault Line, Boosting Risk Of Future Quake

Health and Medicine





Photo credit:

The April 2015 earthquake flattened villages and towns, but more may be to come. AAP Image/Jonathan Hyams/Save The Children

New research shows the earthquake that struck central Nepal in April this year was only a partial rupture of a regional fault line, meaning another strong quake could be due in future.