Nepal 7.9 earthquake

[Margaret]

Please pray for our Brothers as well as the people of Nepal. I would like to know about the way we are handling our relief efforts for our Brothers.

[Skye]

The reports we are seeing in the news paint quite a grim picture....we pray for our family in the faith!

[Dustparticle]

 That is devastating. I been looking at the news, it looks very devastating. 

Edited April 25, 2015 by Dustparticle

[pnutts]

The world's strongest earthquakes since 1900
Canadian Press - April 25, 2015
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, the worst quake in the Himalayan nation in over 80 years.
The world's strongest earthquakes since 1900:
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May 22, 1960: A magnitude-9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing tsunami kill at least 1,716 people.
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March 28, 1964: A magnitude-9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, kills 131 people, including 128 from a tsunami.
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Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude-9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
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March 11, 2011: A magnitude-9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 18,000 people.
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Nov. 4, 1952: A magnitude-9.0 quake in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East causes damage but no reported deaths despite setting off 9.1-meter (30-foot) waves in Hawaii.
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Feb. 27, 2010: A magnitude-8.8 quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people.
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Jan. 31, 1906: A magnitude-8.8 quake off the coast of Ecuador generates a tsunami that kills at least 500 people.
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Feb. 4, 1965: A magnitude-8.7 quake strikes Alaska's Rat Islands, causing an 11-meter (35-foot) -high tsunami.
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March 28, 2005: A magnitude-8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.
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Aug. 15, 1950: A magnitude-8.6 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 780 people.
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April 11, 2012: A magnitude-8.6 quake off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia triggers tsunami warnings in more than two dozen nations.


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March 9, 1957: A magnitude-8.6 quake strikes the Andreanof Islands in Alaska triggers a 16-meter (52-foot) -high tsunami.
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Sept. 12, 2007: A magnitude-8.5 quake near Sumatra in Indonesia kills at least 25 people.
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Feb. 1, 1938: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Banda Sea, Indonesia, generates a small tsunami.
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Feb. 3, 1923: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East triggers a tsunami.
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Nov. 11, 1922: A magnitude-8.5 quake along the Chile-Argentina border triggers a tsunami that causes damage along Chile's coast.
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Oct. 13, 1963: A magnitude-8.5 quake in the Kuril Islands triggers a tsunami.
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Source: U.S. Geological Survey

[Precision]

Please pray for our dear Brothers in Nepal. We have over 2000 publishers conducting more than 4200 bible studies with a population of over 27 million. Over 800 confirmed as losing their lives!

[Friends just call me Ross]

My Earth/Sky News showed some photos of some famous temples that are now just heaps of rubble.  Six climbers were killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.  The article also said that hundreds more may be dead.

 

May Jehovah's spirit help our beloved brothers to endure this "unexpected event". *Ecclesiastes 9:11

 

  Ross

 

[Qapla]

Any word on how the Brothers fared during this event?

[1gemstone]

This site give you all of the earthquakes that happens almost every day.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

Edited April 25, 2015 by 1gemstone

[Áine]

The situation on Everest is dire as well. .reports of a wall of snow covering over 50 tents. The death toll overall looks to be huge, it was such a shallow quake.

[kejedo]

When I saw the picture of our young sister Sheryl in the Philippines in a recent study article, that pic was taken Dec 7, 2013, and the typhoon had been in Nov. 2013. Brother Sanderson immediately traveled to the Central Philippines and the District Convention was held in Dec. (within weeks of the typhoon). If you recall, Sheryl was reunited with her only surviving brother John, and she had a part on the convention. That experience touched my heart so deeply, because it tells me our brothers are really watching the world and are quick to action in relief efforts. Amazing!    

[Greg Dent]

Death toll is upto 2300 according to an article I saw on the weathernetwork.ca. The place looks like someone took a bull dozer to the place.

[1gemstone]

I was watching the news and I think I was a sister running in the crowd.......ask me how do I know or think I know......she was the only one running with a backpack ( Go Bag ).

Did anyone else see it or noticed it?

[Margaret]

Death toll close to 3600 now.

[Tia]

Death toll is upto 2300 according to an article I saw on the weathernetwork.ca. The place looks like someone took a bull dozer to the place.

Thanks for posting this weather site!

[Tia]

There is the love!!!  No matter where globally when calamity hits,

the first thing that comes to our minds, are the welfare of our love

ones related to us by faith! Many heartfelt prayers for our brothers

and sisters and families in Nepal!

[Margaret]

Dead now reach over 4000

[Jackson]

Death toll close to 3600 now.

The death toll is passed 4,000. So so very very SAD! But these things must take place as prophecies at Matthew 24:7,8.....What's interesting about verse 7 concerning "earthquakes", that verse doesn't speak about specific areas or places of the earth, it simply says: "....and earthquakes in one place after another....", meaning that during the "last days", earthquakes will not just occur only in earthquake prone areas on the earth, but they will occur in the most unlikely places.....We had a 5.1 on the Richter scale almost 10 years ago in Detroit Mi.! of all places.

[Friends just call me Ross]

The death toll is passed 4,000. So so very very SAD! But these things must take place as prophecies at Matthew 24:7,8.....What's interesting about verse 7 concerning "earthquakes", that verse doesn't speak about specific areas or places of the earth, it simply says: "....and earthquakes in one place after another....", meaning that during the "last days", earthquakes will not just occur only in earthquake prone areas on the earth, but they will occur in the most unlikely places.....We had a 5.1 on the Richter scale almost 10 years ago in Detroit Mi.! of all places.

If you look at Photo Album 1 for the Wallkill expansion project, http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/wallkill-photo-gallery-2013-2014/#?insight[search_id]=f60bfe58-38c7-492a-ace2-90c2bdc390be&insight[search_result_index]=0 on JW.org, you'll find several references to the existing buildings being made more earthquake resistant and the new buildings being designed and built to withstand earthquakes better.

 

 

July 19, 2013—Residence E

Workers install a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strip into a prepared recess in the existing Dox Plank concrete floor. About 7,600 meters (25,000 ft) of carbon-fiber material was used to improve the building’s resistance to earthquakes.

 

 

October 22, 2014—Services Building

Excavation is under way for expansion of the footing of an existing column. The work will help reinforce the building against earthquakes.

 

Jehovah prepares his people. 

 

 Ross

[Jackson]

If you look at Photo Album 1 for the Wallkill expansion project, =f60bfe58-38c7-492a-ace2-90c2bdc390be&insight[search_result_index]=0]http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/wallkill-photo-gallery-2013-2014/#?insight[search_id]=f60bfe58-38c7-492a-ace2-90c2bdc390be&insight[search_result_index]=0 on JW.org, you'll find several references to the existing buildings being made more earthquake resistant and the new buildings being designed and built to withstand earthquakes better.

 

Jehovah prepares his people. 

 

 Ross

Thank you for sharing this link to our official website concerning the reinforced preparation for making our buildings more earthquake resistant or have minimal damage ...it only stands to reason that Jehovah and Jehovah's organization would be preparing for possible or eminent earthquakes in their area or surrounding area. After all the scripture at Matthew 24:7 says earthquakes will occur in "one place after another..."

[trottigy]

If you look at Photo Album 1 for the Wallkill expansion project, http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/wallkill-photo-gallery-2013-2014/#?insight[search_id]=f60bfe58-38c7-492a-ace2-90c2bdc390be&insight[search_result_index]=0 on JW.org, you'll find several references to the existing buildings being made more earthquake resistant and the new buildings being designed and built to withstand earthquakes better.

 

Jehovah prepares his people. 

 

 Ross

 

Yes, in the US buildings are built per a building code - unlike Nepal where there is NOT one. The ICC International Building Code (www.iccsafe.org) has very specific guidelines using multiple geological studies to ensure buildings are built safely for the area.  The Governing body has approved the use of these strict "Western" codes to be used on all of our projects - even in countries without building codes - to ensure the buildings will withstand "normal" conditions in the area. Many international companies do this same thing. 

[gr_rogers]

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[Mykyl]

Sad news.

 

http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/nepal/earthquake-disaster-20150428/

[SUNRAY]

I found this on Instagrm this morning.. @lavnik_50_55 friends from our hall are fine. Bethel is taking good care of those who are affected by the earthquake

[Friends just call me Ross]

The death toll now stands at over 6,200, as of one hour ago.   

http://news.yahoo.com/nepal-quake-toll-passes-6-100-2-billion-035508094.html

 

I cannot comprehend how they are still managing to find survivors.

 

So relieved to see the photos of our brothers and sisters back at the meetings, though.   

 

Ross 

[shali]

Aljazeera news just reported the death toll as 6,260 and it's still rising unfortunately.  Papua New Guinea experienced a quake today also with a 6.7 magnitude.  They had a tsunami warning but it was cancelled (thankfully!).  I guess Mexico had one right after the Nepal earthquake and it was a 7.2.  All within one week.