The earthquake, a shallow, magnitude-7.7 temblor, occurred on March 28, 2025, at 12:50 pm local time. The main shock was followed 12 minutes later by a magnitude-6.7 aftershock. Most of the devastation and loss of life occurred within a 15-km (9.3-mile) zone along a 460-km- (285-mile-) long north-south line that ran through the middle of the country.
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