#nepal earthquake 2023

[forfoxessake]

March (2023)

It’s silly but I’m happy I managed to watch some recent works that I was interested in, I sometimes get trapped into watching what I think I should watch, and not what I want. I can say the same for books, although I’m still finding it difficult to truly focus for more than a few pages. 

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8 films

Catherine Called Birdy (2022) - directed by Lena Dunham, Bella Ramsey is a coming-of-age story, with a lovely cast and a profound reflection on what is to be a woman, and how you can find yourself among all the many things expected of our “designated roles” in society. Bella truly shines here and I want her to do more diverse roles. 

Disenchanted (2022) - I love the original film and was genuinely excited for this, the trailers looked fun, and I was disapointed by the quality delivered, it’s a good idea badly executed, and while Amy Adams is forever delightful, and especially when she is being bad, but it’s not enough to make this an enjoyable film, not even for a 10 year old. 

Glass Life (2021) a short documentary insanely full of references, I could barely keep up with it and need to watch it at least 5 times more. But I loved it. It’s a reflection on our choices in regard to our daily life, our capitalism image-obsessed life. 

Holy Spider (2022) directed by  Ali Abbasi (who also directed two great The Last of Us episodes) it’s not an easy film to watch, a real-life story about a serial killer who targeted sex workers and used a religious belief to justify his killing. It doesn’t hide anything, it hurts to watch it, but it’s necessary, it can be like many other similar crime films that make it all seem glorious. 

Happy Together (1997) directed by Wong Kar-wai  I’m slowly going through his most famous work and loving the way his movies have textured, you can feel them with our of our senses. It’s love in a non-Hollywood way, it’s real.

A Quiet Place II (2020) The first one is so refreshingly good, unfortunately, the sequel is unnecessary, more of the same but not in a good interesting/captivating way.

Inherent Vice (2014) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this was the wrong movie to start watching on a long daytime flight back home, and it took me many weeks to finish it, and I won’t pretend to understand anything that was happening here, I’m not even sure we are supposed to understand anything. 

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)  Pedro Pascal and Nicolas Cage have fun being meta. Paddington 2 is in fact the best movie ever. 

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4 books 

Anton Chekhov - read two of his plays, Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Garden, both really good works and now I need to watch “Drive My Car” again to better understand how they use the complexity of the play in the film's narrative. 

Victor Hugo - Toilers of The Sea - I have read Moby Dick so I didn't think I could have a hard time reading something complex about the sea, and especially something written by Victor Hugo who does it so beautifully, but I just suffered silently until there was only 20% left and everything was sewed together beautifully.

Bernard Cornwell - The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) I love the Netflix series and postponed reading the books until it was all over, I wanted to focus on that, and not to confuse any divergent timelines or anything like that. Because I believe Cornwell is an exceptional historical/fantasy writer and I knew this was going to be good.

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 3 tv series

Landscapers (2021) it’s a true crime mini-series that does a wonderful job integrating the main character's (Olivia Colman) fantasy of old Hollywood life into the narrative, making her seem almost innocent, and childlike. We almost forget that she did kill her parents and buried their bodies in their backyards. 

Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (2022) a shocking natural disaster that leads to the worst of humanity. I saw this alongside the last few episodes of The Last of Us, and that helped me understand what they were trying to say. 

The Last of Us (2023 -) already one of my favorite series ever, a brilliant first season, it says so much more than anyone was ever expecting. I’m not a fan of apocalypse-based fiction, and I give this a shot thinking that it sounded more than that, and I was right. There’s a lot more here than mushroom zombies, what is even more frightening is what we do as humans to survive, and how far we will go. It’s almost what we see on a smaller scale happen in Aftershock. 

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Music

Vide - Hanging By the Bayou Light (2020)  weirdly, this helps me focus on studying, I call it atmospheric black metal. 

Comeback Kids - Heavy Steps (2022) I love when my friends recomend me stuff that fits my mood perfectly 

Paramore - This is Why (2023) I gave this a try even though I have never really enjoyed their work, what made me listen to it was a vinyl reviewer tik toker that said this sounded almost nothing like their original work, more jazz than pop rock. 

[rightnewshindi]

मध्य प्रदेश, मेघालय से लेकर नेपाल तक भूकंप से कांपी धरती, घरों से बाहर भागे लोग; जानें कितनी थी तीव्रता

मध्य प्रदेश, मेघालय से लेकर नेपाल तक भूकंप से कांपी धरती, घरों से बाहर भागे लोग; जानें कितनी थी तीव्रता

MP Earthquake News Today: मध्य प्रदेश के सिवनी जिले में बुधवार (12 मार्च) को शाम में को भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए. रिएक्टर स्केल पर इसकी तीव्रता 3.6 रही. भूकंप के झटके महसूस करते ही लोग अपने-अपने घरों से बाहर निकल कर भागने लगे. फिलहाल इस भूकंप के झटके में किसी तरह की कोई हानि की कोई सूचना नहीं मिली है, लेकिन भूकंप के झटके ने एमपी के सिवनी जिले में रहने वाले आम जनमानस को भयभीत कर दिया है. एमपी…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.21 (after 1950)

1951 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 disappears while flying from Vancouver to Tokyo. The aircraft and its 37 occupants are never found. 1952 – The 7.3 Mw  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds. 1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. 1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. 1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government 1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission). 1961 – Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Alaska killing six. 1964 – A series of racial riots break out in Singapore. In the next six weeks, 23 die with 454 others injured. 1969 – Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. 1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed. 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130. 1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre. 1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. 1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War. 1979 – Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). 1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation. 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. 2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect. 2005 – Four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupt part of London's public transport system. 2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal. 2010 – President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. 2019 – Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action. 2023 – The Barbenheimer phenomenon begins as two major motion pictures, Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy Barbie and Christopher Nolan's epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer, are released in theaters on the same day and audiences, instead of creating a rivalry between the extremely dissimilar films, instead attend and praise both as an informal, surreal double feature.

[dan6085]

20 Most Devastating Earthquakes in History:

1. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Indonesia, Indian Ocean - December 26, 2004 - 9.1-9.2 magnitude - 227,898 deaths - $360 billion property damage[2][3].

2. 2010 Haiti earthquake - Haiti - January 12, 2010 - 7.0 magnitude - Over 100,000 deaths - $316,000 dead[4].

3. 2008 Sichuan earthquake - China - May 12, 2008 - 7.9 magnitude - Over 87,500 deaths - $150 billion property damage[2][4].

4. 2005 Kashmir earthquake - Pakistan, India - October 8, 2005 - 7.6 magnitude - Over 79,000 deaths[5].

5. 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes - Turkey, Syria - February 6, 2023 - 7.8 magnitude - Over 50,000 deaths - $163.6 billion property damage[2][3].

6. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Japan - March 11, 2011 - 9.0 magnitude - Over 18,400 deaths[4].

7. 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake - Indonesia, Sumatra - March 28, 2005 - 8.6 magnitude - About 1,300 deaths[3].

8. 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes - Indonesia, Sumatra - April 11, 2012 - 8.5 magnitude[3].

9. 2007 Sumatra earthquakes - Indonesia, Sumatra - September 12, 2007 - 8.5 magnitude[3].

10. 2023 Al Haouz earthquake - Morocco - September 8, 2023 - 6.8 magnitude - Thousands of deaths[3].

11. 1906 San Francisco earthquake - USA, California - April 18, 1906 - 7.9 magnitude - Over 3,000 deaths - $524 million property damage.

12. 2015 Nepal earthquake - Nepal - April 25, 2015 - 7.8 magnitude - Nearly 9,000 deaths - $10 billion property damage.

13. 2016 Ecuador earthquake - Ecuador - April 16, 2016 - 7.8 magnitude - Over 670 deaths - $3 billion property damage.

14. 1976 Tangshan earthquake - China - July 28, 1976 - 7.5 magnitude - Over 240,000 deaths - $1.1 billion property damage.

15. 2010 Chile earthquake - Chile - February 27, 2010 - 8.8 magnitude - Over 500 deaths - $30 billion property damage.

16. 2001 Gujarat earthquake - India - January 26, 2001 - 7.7 magnitude - Over 20,000 deaths - $5.5 billion property damage.

17. 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes - USA, California - July 4 and 5, 2019 - 6.4 and 7.1 magnitudes - 2 deaths - $1 billion property damage.

18. 1948 Ashgabat earthquake - Turkmenistan - October 5, 1948 - 7.3 magnitude - Over 110,000 deaths.

19. 2016 Central Italy earthquakes - Italy - August 24 and October 30, 2016 - 6.2 and 6.6 magnitudes - Over 300 deaths - $4.5 billion property damage.

20. 2019 Albania earthquake - Albania - November 26, 2019 - 6.4 magnitude - 51 deaths - $1 billion property damage.

Sources

[1] Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes

[2] Lists of 21st-century earthquakes - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_21st-century_earthquakes

[3] Mapped: The Deadliest Earthquakes of the 21st Century - Visual Capitalist https://www.visualcapitalist.com/deadliest-earthquakes-21st-century/

[4] The world's deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years, at a glance - NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155836898/deadliest-earthquakes-list

[5] The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950: Stories & History - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/list/6-deadliest-earthquakes

[robynqueenofstuff]

The Acceptable News Project 2023

Another year gone and every day brings new tragedy, russia still targets ukraine, the gaza attacks, Earthquake after earthquake, california sinkholes, nepal plane crash, the manipur rape, the atrocious hiijab problems in Iran, the atrocious LGBTQ laws in Uganda. the suicide bombing, prague shooting, the Monterey shooting [Brandon Tsay is a hero], that Titanic submarine incident, bill lee of…

[affairsmastery]

Just to Know!

A recent earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit Nepal on 3rd November 2023, followed by an aftershock, which has exposed significant shortcomings in emergency alert systems in and around Delhi.

Google’s Android Earthquake Early Warning System:

This is a feature that uses the sensors in Android smartphones to detect seismic activity and alert users about potential earthquakes.

It also collects and shares the data with seismological agencies to improve earthquake detection and analysis.

Google launched this feature in India in September 2023, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Google's alerts are triggered based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) Scale, an alternative to the Richter scale.

The CBAS represents cutting-edge technology that empowers us to disseminate critical and time-sensitive disaster management messages to all mobile devices within specified geographical areas, regardless of whether the recipients are residents or visitors.

Common applications of Cell Broadcast include delivering emergency alerts such as severe weather warnings (e.g., Tsunamis, Flash Floods, Earthquakes), public safety messages, evacuation notices, and other critical information.

It is developed in collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) and the NDMA and other agencies to generate and disseminate the alerts.

[businesspr]

Earthquake in Nepal Renews Fears on Preparations for a Bigger One

The Himalayan country is far behind in enforcing construction codes despite sitting on the fault lines of two major tectonic plates, experts say. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-preparations.html

[swldx]

Voice of America 0335 5 Nov 2023

6080Khz 0259 5 NOV 2023 - VOICE OF AMERICA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) in ENGLISH from PINHEIRA. SINPO = 45223. English, @0259z dead carrier s/on. @0300z World News read by Tommy McNeil. Arab leaders pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the need for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza as Israel's military struck a U.N. shelter and school, killing civilians. Survivors of a strong earthquake that shook Nepal ’s northwest in the middle of the night described sudden shaking followed by houses collapsing and burying entire families, as the death toll rose to 157. The annual summit of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a program that has provided eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the U.S. economy since 2000, wrapped up in South Africa. Under AGOA, total goods imports into the United States were worth about $10 billion in 2022, compared with $6.8 billion in 2021. African leaders are asking the U.S. Congress to renew the trade policy for another 10 years or more before it expires in 2025. The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and inside prison, a French-Iranian academic, who returned to Paris last month after being held in the country since 2019. Fariba Adelkhah was finally allowed to leave Iran in October after a four-and-a-half-year ordeal that began with her sudden arrest in 2019 and saw her spend years in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. @0305z "VoA One" pop music DJ'd by female announcer. MLA 30 amplified loop (powered w/8 AA rechargeable batteries ~10.8vdc), Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 138°, bearing 82°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 10777KM from transmitter at Pinheira. Local time: 2159.

[andronetalks]

At least 150 dead after shallow M5.6 earthquake in Nepal

Strange Sounds November 4, 2023 More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu. Strong tremors were felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi. Read more…

[thenationaltv243]

Update: The death toll from the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Nepal on Friday night has risen to 128, according to the latest government figures. The quake struck at 11:47 PM local time, with its epicenter in the northwestern district of Jajarkot. Tremors were felt as far away as Delhi, India, over 800 kilometers away.

[antonio-velardo]

Antonio Velardo shares: Earthquake in Western Nepal Kills at Least 37 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press As rescuers searched the mountainous villages where the earthquake struck, officials cautioned that the death toll was likely to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many areas. Published: November 3, 2023 at 06:40PM from NYT World https://ift.tt/G6pRDgN via IFTTT

[brutimes]

New Delhi: Today, the bustling city of Delhi was shaken to its core as two powerful earthquakes originating in Nepal sent shockwaves through the region. The first earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck at 2:25 pm IST, followed by a significantly more powerful tremor of magnitude 6.2 at 2:51 pm IST. Both quakes occurred at a depth of 5 kilometers below the Earth's surface.

The National Centre for Seismology swiftly responded to the seismic activity, releasing a statement that provided critical details about the second and more potent earthquake. The statement read, "Earthquake of Magnitude: 6.2, Occurred on 03-10-2023, 14:51:04 IST, Lat: 29.39 & Long: 81.23, Depth: 5 Km, Location: Nepal." This information underscores the gravity of the situation and serves as a vital reference point for understanding the event.

[steponglobe]

#Earthquake.

5.3 earthquakes were felt in different parts of the country including the capital #Dhaka. This earthquake was felt yesterday 02-10-2023 at approximately 06:45 PM. The epicenter of the earthquake was three kilometers from Resubelpara in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Apart from Bangladesh, India, it's tremors were also felt in Nepal, Bhutan and China. According to the information provided by the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), the magnitude of this earthquake was 5.3 on the Richter scale. Its depth from the surface was about 23.00 km. The place of origin was the Indian state of Assam.

[adventurelandnepal]

Kathmandu Durbar Squarenepaltour

Kathmandu Durbar Square is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley, the others being Patan Durbar Square and Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Kathmandu Durbar Square is the most famous of the three and is home to a number of important historical and cultural monuments, including the Hanuman Dhoka Palace Complex, the Taleju Bhawani Temple, and the Kumari Ghar.

The construction of Kathmandu Durbar Square began in the 3rd century and continued over the centuries. The square has been damaged by earthquakes and wars on several occasions, but it has always been rebuilt. The most recent damage was caused by the 2015 earthquake, but most of the structures have been restored.

The Hanuman Dhoka Palace Complex is the most important building in Kathmandu Durbar Square. It was the seat of the Nepalese monarchy until 1960. The complex is home to a number of temples and courtyards, including the Mul Chowk, the Nasal Chowk, and the Sundari Chowk.

The Taleju Bhawani Temple is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Taleju Bhawani. She is considered to be the guardian deity of Kathmandu. The temple is a three-story pagoda and is one of the most important temples in Nepal.

The Kumari Ghar is the house of the Kumari, a young girl who is worshipped as the living embodiment of the Hindu goddess Durga. The Kumari is chosen from a specific caste of girls and must meet a number of criteria, including being free from any physical defects. The Kumari lives in the Kumari Ghar and is not allowed to leave the premises. She makes public appearances on special occasions, such as festivals and religious ceremonies.

Kathmandu Durbar Square is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its outstanding universal value. It is a unique example of Newar architecture and has been a center of political, religious, and cultural activity for centuries. The square is a popular tourist destination and is a must-visit for anyone interested in Nepal's history and culture.

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