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Media Advisory 15-017
Will there be another quake in Nepal? Scientists present insights at upcoming conference
Annual Geological Society of America meeting features NSF-supported earthquake research
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![Nepal houses damaged by earthquake](/news/mmg/media/images/earthquake_nepal_2015_30_f71edb61-ca22-4e3b-9b0f-0c6e65c7f1c7_f.jpg)
NSF-funded scientists are working to find new answers to questions about the Nepal earthquake.
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![mountain and a river](/news/mmg/media/images/landslide_near_dingboche,_nepal_c2fa22f2-aff4-48da-a840-13a35fad967c_f.jpg)
The Nepal earthquake caused numerous damaging landslides throughout the region.
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![people next to rubble from a house damaged by earthquake](/news/mmg/media/images/nepal_earthquake_2015_01_42982b88-ce95-4c3b-8347-99c93b7909b2_f.jpg)
Researchers are developing better earthquake forecasting methods through NSF rapid response grants.
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![People standing next to road damaged by earthquake](/news/mmg/media/images/nepal_earthquake_2015_08_cd4155c6-b86d-4656-98c0-35b656ce9361_f.jpg)
The Nepal earthquake claimed more than 8,800 human lives and injured nearly 23,000 people.
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![Durbar Square in Kathmandu, before the earthquake.](/news/mmg/media/images/kathmandu_durbar_square,_nepal_fdfffff6-f81b-4d04-9434-4470e7761562_f.jpg)
Durbar Square in Kathmandu, before the earthquake.
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![people and destroyed building in Durbar Square in Kathmandu, after the earthquake.](/news/mmg/media/images/kathmandu_durbar_square_2015_earthquake_645e97a6-a2a0-41ee-b881-dcd3b5eeeb6b_f.jpg)
Durbar Square in Kathmandu, after the earthquake.
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