A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has devastated Nepal, its worst in 80 years. More than 6,000 people perished while the surviving refugees depend on mutual help and international aid. Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said that the death toll could swell to 10,000. Scientists for the last 10 years had warned of major pressure build-up along the fault line under the Himalayas.

But a seismologist said that architecture, not earthquake magnitude