week2-Nepal earthquake 2015

  A magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook parts of Nepal Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing at least 79 in an area still struggling to recover from last month's destructive temblor. It brought fresh fears to a people that have been terrified since the initial quake, a 7.8-magnitude tremor on April 25.

  The quake was centered about 47 miles east-northeast of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu near the border with Tibet and much closer to the Mt. Everest base camp, where an avalanche triggered by the April 25 quake claimed 18 lives. The temblor was felt as far away New Delhi, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tuesday's quake has been labeled as an aftershock by the U.S. Geological Survey.

  Outside of Nepal, the earthquake killed at least one person in Tibet and 16 people in India, according to the Associated Press, meaning the most recent temblor has killed a total of 54 people. Nearly 2,000 people have been reported injured.

  A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter providing aid in Nepal has gone missing, military officials say. The Huey was near Charikot, Nepal, when it disappeared, but officials say there are no indications that it crashed. Six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on the missing aircraft.

  The threat hasn't passed, either. The USGS issued an aftershock advisory, predicting more tremors in the coming months. Officials demanded residents leave damaged buildings, fearing more catastrophe could occur in another large aftershock, the AP also reported.

   "I think we could expect six months to a year or more of aftershocks," USGS research geophysicist Dan McNamara told The Weather Channel. "It's a very large earthquake, so it's not unexpected to have a very active aftershock sequence."

  Officials expect the death toll to climb and have sent medics to surrounding areas to help the injured. The International Organization for Migration reported several buildings had collapsed in the town and that bodies were being pulled out of the rubble.

http://www.weather.com/news/news/nepal-earthquake-may122015

Who:Nepalese and official
why:not given

when:2015 April 25
What:A earthquake occured to Nepal
Where:Nepal

How:The quake was centered about 47 miles east-northeast of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu 

*keyword
1.magnitude(n.)震級;強度
2.avalanche(n.)山崩
3.temblor(n.)地震
4.advisory(n.)報告
5.tremor(n.)顫抖;顫慄
6.catastrophe (n.)大災難
7. geophysicist(n.)地球地理學家
8. sequence(n.)結果;連續
9. toll(n.)傷亡人數;使用費
10.rubble(n.)碎石;瓦礫堆