Nepal Earthquake: Experts knew big quake was due

Nepal’s devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew was coming.

Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to the capital Kathmandu, to work out how to get the congested, over- developed, shoddily built area to prepare better for the big one, a repeat of the 1934 quake that levelled the city.

They knew they were racing against the clock, but they didn’t know when what they feared would strike.