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Second big earthquake rocks Nepal inside 3 weeks, aftershocks felt
Kathmandu, May 12: A couple of earthquakes measuring 7.4 and 5.6 jolted Nepal, the country which is still struggling to recover from a devastating quake that killed over 8,000 people last month. [Follow Live updates of earthquake]
People
were
seen
rushing
out
on
to
the
streets
after
the
second
quake
hit
the
country.
The
US
Geological
Survey
had
initially
said
that
the
quake
had
a
magnitude
of
7.1
but
later
it
was
upgraded
to
7.4.
The
epicentre
was
83
kilometres
east
of
Kathmandu.
The
quake
occurred
at
a
depth
of
19
kilometres.
Houses collapsed in Nepal as a result of the quake.
The first quake's epicentre was 68 kilometres west if Namche Bazar near the base camp of Mount Everest Base, which was evacuated after an avalanche triggered by the previous quake killed 18 mountaineers.
The second quake's epicentre was 25 kilometres south-east of Kodari.
The shockwaves were felt in New Delhi and across North and East India.
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