Fatality rates of the M w ~8.2, 1934, Bihar–Nepal earthquake and comparison with the April 2015 Gorkha earthquake

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Table 2 Fatality rate due to the January 15, 1934, earthquake in the Kathmandu valley

Area	Surface (km²)	Fatality rate in 1934 (%)	Population estimated in 1934	Population density in 1934 (per km²)	Population in 2011	Population density in 2011 (per km²)
Kathmandu city	49.45	0.59	81,400	1646	1,003,285	20,290
Kathmandu vicinity	345	0.36	68,600	199	696,004	2017
Kathmandu district	395		150,000		1,699,289	4302
Patan city	15.15	1.8	31,000	2046	226,728	14,970
Patan vicinity	370	2.5	69,000	187	230,878	624
Patan district	385		100,000		457,606	1189
Bhaktapur city	6.56	4.7	25,000	3810	83,658	12,753
Bhaktapur vicinity	113	0.39	40,000	356	215,046	1903
Bhaktapur district	119		65,000		298,704	2510

The fatalities count comes from Rana (1935). The 1934 population estimate is deduced from the 1921 and 1942 census. The 2011 population is given for comparison