On April 25, 2015, Nepal was shaken by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake – the strongest and most devastating recorded in the past 80 years.
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Its epicenter was about an hour’s drive from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.
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The disaster was particularly ruthless. It claimed nearly 9,000 lives, injured more than 20,000 people, and changed millions of lives.
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