In April 2015, the village of Langtang, located within the park, was destroyed by an avalanche of ice, rock and mud triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. At least 215 people were killed. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union named a 9.8km wide crater on Mars after the village, as a tribute. The destruction of the village and other events taking place in Nepal before, during, and after the earthquake are documented in the 2022 Netflix mini-series Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake.
