Key facts about the Nepal quake

KATHMANDU, Nepal – A 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, flattening large parts of the capital Kathmandu and causing devastation across the impoverished Himalayan nation.

Here are the key facts about Nepal’s worst natural disaster in 80 years.

Death toll

5,057	people are known to have died in Nepal alone
8,000	were injured
18	climbers died at Mount Everest base camp when the quake sparked an avalanche
5	foreigners (2 Americans, an Australian, a Japanese and a Chinese national) were among the victims on the mountain
74	people were killed in India
25	lost their lives in China, according to the ministry of civil affairs in Tibet

Survivors

8 million	are estimated to have been affected, according to the United Nations
1.3 million	children are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, according to the UN
1.4 million	people require emergency food aid, the World Food Programme says

Aid
Dozens of countries from around the world have rushed to pledge money. The most significant sums include:

$15 million	from the UN’s emergency fund
$15 million	total contributed by Britain
$10 million	pledged by the United States
$8.4 million	from Japan, according to local media
$4.7 million	from Australia

Reconstruction

530,000	houses were estimated to be damaged, based on the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
70,000	houses were destroyed, OCHA said
90%	of health facilities in four districts were severely damaged, the UN agency said
16,000	schools were damaged, according to OCHA
$5 billion	, or around 20 percent of the country’s GDP, is estimated to be the reconstruction cost, based on business research IHS