Da Ugly Devil's Heaven

It was around 4:35 and I was watching television and suddenly the walls of my room started shaking. Firstly I thought may be some heavy vehicle is moving around the area. Mostly whenever a heavy load truck or bus comes on the road outside, our house begins to shake. Sounds funny but it is the truth. Most of the houses have the same nature at our area. This time it was a bit different. The walls had a cracking sound and the whole house was shaking. I could see the rope in my room swinging left and right. At the same time, my dad was sleeping downstairs and my mom was on the upstairs. Actually she was on the stairs on her way upstairs. I then shouted her to come downstairs. She didn’t even felt it. My dad was also shouting and asking her to come downstairs. Well it was not a big one though. It lasted about 2 seconds or so. It wasn’t so much terrifying one.

Nepal has been declared as one of the most dangerous areas in case of earthquake and often radios, fm, televisions, and other media have been emphasizing and sharing knowledge about getting safe if earthquake occurs.

I have found the news in the daily newspaper below, which has the details about the earthquake:

KATHMANDU, Oct 29 - A mild earthquake rocked parts of central Nepal, including the Kathmandu Valley at around 3:40 pm Monday.

Shramthali VDC of Nuwakot district that lies 30km north to the capital was the epicenter of the earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, according to an official at the National Seismological Centre at the Department of Mines and Geology.

Many people rushed out of their homes and offices as the tremors were felt for some four seconds.

A couple of mild, immeasurable earthquakes were also experienced after the 5.0 Richter scale earthquake. However, there are no chances of its going again, added the official.

The police said that no damages have been reported.

The recent earthquakes recorded in Nepal include a 4.0 Richter scale earthquake (epicenter-Dolakha) on October 12, 4.2 Richter scale earthquake (epicenter - Sarsing, Rasuwa) on September 7, 4.1 Richter scale earthquake (epicenter- Jugu, Dolakha) on the same day.

Due to Indian tectonic plates sliding 2m north annually, Nepal is considered an earthquake prone region.