Officials in Nepal were still assessing the extent of the damage on Sunday from the earthquake that struck the country’s west two nights earlier, leaving at least 150 people dead and thousands either homeless or afraid to sleep indoors.
An earthquake in Nepal’s east in 2015 killed nearly 9,000 people, and the toll of Friday’s temblor, which was categorized as medium in intensity, suggested the country is a long way behind in its preparations.
“You cannot move the population; the entire country is seismic, the entire Nepal is seismic,” said Amod Mani Dixit, the director of the National Society for Earthquake Technology in Kathmandu, the capital.
“But can we improve the building stock?
The answer is yes we can, and we have demonstrated in many parts of the world, including in Nepal, that we can.”
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”, Amod Mani Dixit
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National Society for Earthquake Technology
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Nepal, Nepal’s, Kathmandu