Nepal Earthquake 2025 Magnitude Today. A magnitude 7.8 tremor struck near nepal's capital kathmandu in 2015, killing about 9,000 people and injuring thousands in the country's worst ever earthquake. The federal democratic republic of nepal is located at the boundary between indian and tibetan tectonic plates.
The quake had a magnitude of 7.1, according to the united states geological survey, though it was measured as 6.8 by the china. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the himalayas near the city of xigaze in tibet autonomous region in china on tuesday, killing at least 95 people and injuring 130 and shaking buildings in.