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Eyewitness Account Of A Great Nepal Earthquake

Source info:

Author: Suvrat Kher
Date: 2015-05-05 08:42:00
Blog: Reporting on a Revolution
URL: http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2015/05/eyewitness-account-of-great-nepal.html

Summary:

From 1934 - as reported by military officer Bhrama Shumsher Rana in his book  Mahabhukamp (The Great Earthquake) - “The trees were moving as if they were agitated by a storm and it seemed that the tree-tops would touch the ground … Pillars and walls of houses were cracking,doors and windows slamming. With movements up and down, houses collapsed. Statues and decorations placed on top of temples

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
NepalNP28.394884.1278

Keywords:

Bhrama Shumsher Rana, book  Mahabhukamp, cracking,doors, decorations, earthquakes, Eyewitness Account, Great Earthquake, Great Nepal Earthquake, ground, houses, movements, officer, Pillars, Statues, storm, temples, tree-tops, trees, walls

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