Two years on, the situation on the ground is grim. Promises to rebuild and deliver homes in a year's time have not been fulfilled, leaving thousands displaced residents in limbo.
There can he little doubt that the disastrous character of this earthquake was as usual due to the faulty construction of the houses, which consisted of stones with little or no binding of cement.
China’s earthquake center recorded a magnitude of 6.8 (the U.S. Geological Survey measured a magnitude of 7.1) at the epicenter in Dingri County, about 80 kilometers north of Mount Everest.