1505 Lo Mustang earthquake

Catastrophic earthquake in northern Nepal 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake yes Nepal 1505 06 06 8.2–8.8Jha Madan Kumar 2010 Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Vulnerability, Preparedness and Mitigation https://archive.org/details/naturalanthropog00jham_873 limited New Delhi Springer 25–26 978-90-481-2497-8http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/may252005/1658.pdf Apparent Himalayan slip deficit from the summation of seismic moments for Himalayan earthquakes, 1500–2000 Bilham R. Ambraseys N.N. Nicholas Ambraseys Current Science 2005 88 10 1658–1663 24110492 2015-08-21 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112434/http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/may252005/1658.pdf dead 29.5 83.0 region:ID_type:event inline,title Megathrust Nepal, China, India Main Frontal-Himalayan Thrust The 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake (ne सन् १५०५ को मुस्ताङ भूकम्प) occurred on 6 June 1505 and had an estimated magnitude between 8.2 and 8.8 making it one of the largest earthquakes in Nepalese history. The earthquake killed an approximate 30 percent of the Nepalese population at the time.http://www.unr.edu/science/himalayan-quake-research Himalayan Earthquake Research unr.edu 2015-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905172443/http://www.unr.edu/science/himalayan-quake-research 2015-09-05 dead The earthquake was located in northern Nepal and also affected southern China and northern India. See also List of historical earthquakes List of earthquakes in Nepal References Category:1505 Category:Earthquakes in India Category:Earthquakes in Nepal Category:Natural disasters in Nepal Lo Mustang Category:16th century in Nepal Category:Megathrust earthquakes in India