Nepal Earthquake - Visible Lateral Ground Movement

7.8 Magnitude
This ground movement is somewhat spectacular to witness, as far as how much energy was released to move Everything like that, and for how many miles in a wide area. The initial movement occurs around the 1:27 mark. Full Screen is Best.
If I had to guess the distance between the camera location and those brown colored buildings, I would say +/- 1/2 mile maybe.

You have to disregard the camera shaking and focus on the light brown background buildings in relation to the row of grey buildings on the right side of the street furthest from the camera. At approximately 1:45 the buildings in the background move left and then right a couple times.

You will have to put your expectations of how "Hollywood" would make it appear, aside. Focus on the two areas to see opposite movement of said buildings top left. .

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[dumbdumbdani]

The scariest part isn’t even the earthquake, it’s how the people crossed the street in the middle of moving traffic.

[dead_sync]

2:38 The biker on the right. THUG LIFE

[keytothegate]

The traffic scene was even more remarkable than the earthquake itself. The way the people reacted also remarkable

[xlynx]

1:19 camera begins to shake
1:31 pedestrians react
1:35 motorcycles thrown to the right (then left, then right)
1:36 two dust clouds appear from collapses in the distance
1:42 lateral shifting in the distance
1:49 stay in your vehicle; it is better than your skull at arresting bricks
1:52 peak tremor
With earthquake sensors, you'd have had 3-4x longer to get clear of structures before anything collapsed.
If you keep your eyes out of focus, you can get a better sense of everyone in the foreground swaying around like they're on the deck of a ship.

[mush]

All jokes aside, this would have been an absolutely terrifying situation to be in.

[shabanarahmani]

The fact that nobody was actually looking at the two buildings mentioned earlier in the video

[Aasshhiiqq]

I was here in Kathmandu when this Earthquake hit Nepal.
Most traumatic experience, it was like being a Ship left in heavy shock water waves being thrown vertically & horizontally from ground.
Sleeping on streets with No water to drink, to food to eat, facing rain, cold.
Shock used to come & go continuously for weeks, months & years.
To avoid it we used to sleep literally on streets.
Walking on foot without vehicles.
No ATM machines working to withdraw cash.
Fear in heart & mind.
Hospital grounds full of countless dead bodies.
Countless houses, buldings, Roads collapsed.

Buildings collapsing in front of my eyes, running out of house for life to save myself from Earthquake.

It has scarred me for lives.

Even after 10 years of earthquake.
I get scared & panic attack when i hear a loud sound, feels like an earthquake.

It was a traumatic experience & will always remain the same.

May all souls rest in peace !

[denniscrane]

It’s crazy how the road goes from utter chaos to everyone practically holding hands! Respect!

[michaelhomes]

Dude kinda beautiful how concerned everyone was for each other

[blcksheepMUSIC]

1:34 check how all the bikes move to the right as the ground starts shaking

[annapolismike]

I've been in an earthquake in Japan. Was stationed at Zama Hospital, just before it closed in '72-'74. You could feel the ground "rolling" under you. One of the strangest feelings, ever. Especially if you've never experienced one before.

[espiyaako]

I remember it was 3AM, we were in deep sleep, when Mindoro Island in the Philippines was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Literally our world turned upside down. Imagine the terror, the confusion, everything. The only thing we did that time is to hide under our wooden bed and prayed while crying. Minutes later, about 6 meter high tsunami has hit the eastern part of the island including our shores. I will never forget that day. 😢

[zrkhan]

2:20 the dude came out with an umbrella just in case it rains after the earthquake.

[somerandomsheat]

Video: Earthquake in Nepal
Western peoples: look there are no cross walk rules in Nepal

[sufimovie]

Wow, this is great that you're showing this. I can also say that the ground felt like it was a boat moving aggressively from side to side. It felt as if the earth literally was tilting 90º each way, like I was about to get thrown to the left then thrown to the right. It was absolutely terrifying being there.

[aayushmajerung]

This day is still fresh in my mind. The fear I went through for myself and my family was immense. I couldn't think straight and was just stuck at one place. Nepal suffered a lot due to this, lots of people became homeless, cultural sitrs were destroyed, etc. Many people lost their lives too. I pray for them and their families 🙏🙏 And I'm glad people healed from it.

[carey_metv]

2:17 legend has it those two dogs are still running!

[Aman-sharma]

I love how everyone taking care of each other..this is beautiful❤

[norapeterson]

The guy crawling across the street made this very eerie, like a horror movie

[nathansmith]

The only safe time to cross the road is when an earthquake hits.