article_snippet.sent: I was walking through that very area where the earthquake was and
article_snippet.sent: Earthquakes of similar magnitude can have bigger effects on different parts of the globe because of the manner of building construction and population density.
article_snippet.sent: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake could kill 10 to 30 per one million residents in California, but has killed at least 1,900 in Nepal, and could kill up to 10,000 in parts of Pakistan, India, Iran and China, said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist David Wald.
article_snippet.sent: One registered 6.9 on the Richter Scale and is feared to have triggered yet more avalanches on Everest.
article_snippet.sent: While A 7.8 magnitude earthquake's magnitude - 7.9 - labelled it a 'major' incident, the original earthquake's magnitude - 7.9 - labelled it a 'major' incident struck just 11km underground, making the original earthquake's magnitude - 7.9 - labelled it a 'major' incident effects all the more devastating.
article_snippet.sent: Coupled with that is the original earthquake's magnitude - 7.9 - labelled it a 'major' incident lack of preparation for such destructive tremors.
article_snippet.sent: Experts also fear A 7.8 magnitude earthquake's shallowness could have sparked landslides across the mountainous region.
article_snippet.sent: so homes and other structures could be built without any regards to earthquakes,
article_snippet.sent: That's because people don't spend time worrying about some future earthquake because people have more pressing problems. '
article_snippet.sent: But it doesn't mean that the earthquakes go away.'
highlights_snippet.sent: the earthquake struck just 11km beneath ground making its force even more destructive .