2015 Mount Everest earthquake, Disaster on Mount Everest
The 2015 Mount Everest avalanches were triggered by a massive earthquake.
In April 2015, Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake which caused the deadly avalanches.
Mount Everest is known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan.
Climbing Everest is dangerous; the 2015 event underlines the unpredictable nature of high-altitude mountaineering.
The earthquake that provoked the avalanches was of 7.8 magnitude, making it one of the most powerful in Nepal's history.
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