More than 1,800 dead in Earth’s strongest quake this year

Death and destruction across large parts of Nepal after a magnitude 7.8 quake hit the country Saturday, April 25. The quake hit 77 kilometers northwest of the capital city Kathmandu at around noon local time, and as of early Sunday morning (April 26) the official death count has reached 1,805. The quake is considered to be the strongest quake on the planet since June 2014.

International aid groups rushed to respond as aftershocks and severed communications hampered rescue efforts. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it was extremely concerned about the fate of rural villages close to the epicenter of the quake, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the capital Kathmandu.

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