The following is a list of

aftershock In seismology, an aftershock is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake, in the same area of the main shock, caused as the displaced crust adjusts to the effects of the main shock. Large earthquakes can have hundreds to thousand ...

s that occurred after the earthquake in Nepal on 25 April 2015. There was some seismic activity in the

Jumla district Jumla District ( ne, जुम्ला जिल्ला), is one of the ten districts of the Karnali province of Nepal. This district has Jumla as its headquarters, an area of ; it had populations of 89,427 and 108,921, respectively, in th ...

before the main shock. However, they are not

foreshock A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event (the mainshock) and is related to it in both time and space. The designation of an earthquake as ''foreshock'', ''mainshock'' or aftershock is only possible after the full sequ ...

s to the main shock. , over 304 aftershocks have occurred. The large number of aftershocks after the earthquake is considered normal by seismologists. According to seismologist Roger Musson, the standard pattern for aftershocks is that the biggest aftershock will be one day after, and one magnitude less. Thus, the 6.7 magnitude aftershock on 26 April 2015 following the 7.9 magnitude main shock would fit this pattern. It is highly unlikely that the earthquake was a foreshock preceding an even larger earthquake. Therefore, an earthquake larger than 7.9 in the near future after 25 April 2015 is not expected.

List of aftershocks 5.0 and higher

The list below is incomplete and maybe inaccurate for some aftershocks. Note: The list below shows bigger earthquakes only.

Notes

:1. The list uses data from National Seismological Centre of Nepal, not of US Geological survey. The magnitude is local magnitude. :2. The earthquake of 12 May 2015 was an aftershock of

Gorkha earthquake The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,964 people and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at on Saturday, 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 Mw or 8.1 Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (''Extreme ...

and not a separate earthquake. :3. All times shown below (including the ones for Tibet) are in

Nepal Standard Time Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal. With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal, it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.The others are Chatham Island Standa ...

and in

24-hour format The modern 24-hour clock, popularly referred to in the United States as military time, is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours (and minutes) pa ...

. Seconds are not shown in all times below. :4. All dates are in the DD Month Year format (

Little-endian In computing, endianness, also known as byte sex, is the order or sequence of bytes of a word of digital data in computer memory. Endianness is primarily expressed as big-endian (BE) or little-endian (LE). A big-endian system stores the most si ...

). :5. Please note that a significant number of aftershocks are missing in this list for the date between 27 April and 12 May.

References

External links

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

National Seismological Centre, Nepal
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