2015 Mount Everest avalanches

2015 Mount Everest avalanches
The North Face of Everest as seen from Tibet
Date25 April 2015
LocationBase Camp, Mount Everest
CauseAvalanche
Deaths24
Non-fatal injuries61

In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a MW 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least 22 people were killed, surpassing the toll of an avalanche that occurred in 2014 as the deadliest disaster on the mountain.[1]

  1. ^ Fuller, Thomas; Buckley, Chris (26 April 2015). "Earthquake Aftershocks Jolt Nepal as Death Toll Rises Above 3,400". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

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