HOUGHTON – Getting relief supplies to millions of survivors of the Nepal earthquake will be a challenge due to the region’s rugged terrain and poor road network, according to a Michigan Technological University earthquake expert who visited the country in 2010.

Dr. Wayne D. Pennington, dean of MTU’s College of Engineering, also said that if there�s any surprise in Saturday�s earthquake, “it’s that there wasn�t as much damage as people had feared” there would be.