Fig. 7: The locations of the epicentres of the 2015 Mw 78 Gorkha earthquake main shock, the 2015 Mw 7.3 largest aftershock, the 2011 Mw 6.9 Sikkim earthquake, the 1988 Mw 6.9 Bihar earthquake and the 1934 Mw 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: The locations of the epicentres of the 2015 Mw 78 Gorkha earthquake main shock, the 2015 Mw 7.3 largest aftershock, the 2011 Mw 6.9 Sikkim earthquake, the 1988 Mw 6.9 Bihar earthquake and the 1934 Mw 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

From: 30-year record of Himalaya mass-wasting reveals landscape perturbations by extreme events

Fig. 7: The locations of the epicentres of the 2015 Mw 78 Gorkha earthquake main shock, the 2015 Mw 7.3 largest aftershock, the 2011 Mw 6.9 Sikkim earthquake, the 1988 Mw 6.9 Bihar earthquake and the 1934 Mw 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

Also shown are the USGS estimated PGA distributions for the 2015 Gorkha main shock, and the 1988 and 2011 events45,84,85 and the location of possible outlier grid cell 76.

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