Memories of the Great Earthquake
Survivors recall the terror and grief when a 8.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal exactly 90 years ago this week
1934-earthquake
90 years after ’90
The Great Earthquake of 1934 is known by the Nepali year it happened: Nabbe Sal
Kathmandu before 1934 earthquake
In May 2023, the descendants of amateur photographer Joseph Gaye (1852-1926) donated a collection of photographic material of his views of the...
Kathmandu’s temple restoration after 1934 quake
The 8.3M earthquake that struck at 2:28PM on 15 January 1934 was the last major quake to hit Kathmandu before the 2015 Gorkha earthquake....
Lessons still not learnt
Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on...
Rebuilding Kathmandu after the 1934 quake
The way Nepal’s Rana rulers went about rebuilding Kathmandu after the mega-earthquake on 15 January 1934 has important lessons for urban planning after 2015...
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