The Quake
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| Initial release | Norway |
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| Directors | John Andreas Andersen |
| Languages | Norwegian |
| Film series | The Wave |
| Producers | Martin Sundland |
| Are Heidenstrøm | |
| Kristian (Kristoffer Joner), a haunted father, struggling from his heroic ventures in the Scandinavian disaster hit movie, The . . . | |
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| ID | 947216 |
About The Quake
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
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... " Padam Giri, an orthopedic surgeon at the hospital, recalled the rush of patients in the aftermath of The Quake...
Nepal earthquake: More than 100 killed in remote western Nepal
... Three more tremors were felt within an hour of The Quake, and many people have spent the rest of the night in the open because of fear of further quakes and damage to their houses...
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... The Quake hit Zinda Jan, a rural district some 40km from Herat city, where "100% of homes are estimated to have been completely destroyed, " according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...
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... Even the massive US military-led foreign humanitarian intervention that responded to The Quake, while certainly welcomed by many Haitians, raised sensitive debates about aid dependency and alleged abuses by some aid workers and peacekeepers...
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... They had all been in their bed - probably asleep - during The Quake, and they all went to Ms ElFadel s school...
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... With power outages on the night of The Quake, people were searching in complete darkness, unable to charge their phones, meaning communication between teams was lost...
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... Locals tell the BBC that they believe there is little hope of finding anyone alive in what is left of their village - before The Quake Douzrou had nearly 1,000 inhabitants...
Nepal earthquake: More than 100 killed in remote western Nepal
By Nathan WilliamsBBC News
More Than 100 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday.
Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu.
Strong tremors were felt Far Away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi.
The army spokesman said More Than 100 people had been injured. Jajarkot's hospital is packed with the wounded.
Three more tremors were felt within an hour of The Quake , and many people have spent the rest of The Night in the open because of fear of further quakes and damage to their houses.
Video footage on local media showed crumbled facades of multi-storied brick houses. People were pictured digging through rubble in The Dark to pull survivors from The Remains of collapsed buildings in posts on Social Media .
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reportedly left for the affected region. Posting on X, at The Loss of life and property wrought by The Quake and said he had ordered security agencies to immediately launch rescue and relief operations.
But those search and rescue operations are being hampered by roads becoming blocked by landslides that were triggered by The Quake .
The Police chief of Jajarkot district Suresh Sunar told the Reuters news agency it was difficult to get a full picture of what had happened.
" I Am out in the open myself. We Are collecting details but due to cold and night it is difficult to get information from remote areas, " Mr Sunar told Reuters.
The earthquake was recorded at 23:47 local time (18:02 GMT), according to Nepal's Monitoring and Research Centre.
The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a magnitude of 5. 6, and said it was a shallow earthquake, meaning it happened closer to The Earth 's surface.
Nepal is situated along The Himalayas , where there is a lot of seismic activity.
Last month, a 6. 3-magnitude earthquake was registered in The Western district of Bajhang, resulting in injuries.
In 2015, the country suffered two devastating earthquakes in which 9,000 people were killed and 22,309 injured.
The First , on 25 April 2015, was a 7. 8-magnitude quake which caused most of the damage and loss of life. A large number of aftershocks followed, including one that measured 7. 3 in May of that year.
The Quakes destroyed or damaged More Than 800,000 houses mainly in The Western and central districts, according to The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Government buildings, some stretches of roads and Kathmandu Valley 's famous historic Monuments - Unesco world heritage sites - were destroyed or damaged with many villages north of Kathmandu flattened.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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