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5. Nepal

The beautiful country of Nepal was left with a few scars this year as the land was rocked by massive earthquakes. On April 25, one quake shook the country, with specialists indicating a magnitude of 7.8 and an epicenter east of Lamjung district. The worst natural disaster in Nepal since the 1930s put buildings to the ground, left massive damages to the country’s infrastructure and, worst of all, claimed nearly 9,000 people and injured another 22,000.

A few weeks later, On May 12, another earthquake shook the land again, this time with a magnitude of 7.3. While this one was also pretty severe, it didn’t reach the death toll of the April disaster. According to official data, over 200 people died and over 3,500 were injured.

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