Update: 19 killed, 1000 injured as earthquakes hit Nepal again!
Four earthquakes shook devastated Nepal in quick succession today, killing 19 and injuring nearly a thousand people, according to Home Ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal. The earthquakes sent terrified residents running onto the streets in the capital, Kathmandu; large tremors were felt across Northern India, including Delhi at about 12.35 pm.
India was hit by two near-simultaneous earthquakes with epicentres in Nepal and Afghanistan, said Home Ministry spokesperson KS Dhatwalia.
Afghanistan, Nepal quakes shake India: Experts
A chain of tremors felt across east and north India on Tuesday was due to the ongoing adjustment or “relaxation process” in the Himalayan belt in the aftermath of the massive April 25 earthquake that hit Nepal, experts said on Tuesday.
A quake in Afghanistan on Tuesday morning also added to the aftershocks.
“The aftershocks felt across India are linked to the April 25th Nepal quake. These will carry on for a long time until the energy that was released in the temblor is dissipated.
“The region is undergoing relaxation and an adjustment process is on post the last quake. This is not a major new quake,” said A.P. Singh, scientist at the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR).
16 killed as four earthquakes hit Nepal
New Delhi: Four earthquakes shook devastated Nepal in quick succession today, killing 16 and injuring at least 335 people. The earthquakes sent terrified residents running onto the streets in the capital, Kathmandu; large tremors were felt across Northern India, including Delhi at about 12.35 pm.
Home Ministry spokesperson K S Dhatwalia said that India was hit by two near-simultaneous earthquakes with epicentres in Nepal and Afghanistan.
Four killed, buildings collapse in fresh Nepal earthquake
Kathmandu: At least four people were killed in a central Nepal town on Tuesday after a 7.3 earthquake shook the Himalayan nation, just weeks after a devastating temblor killed more than 8,000 people and damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings.
The four people died in Chautara in Sindhupalchowk district, north of the capital Kathmandu, after several buildings collapsed, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said.
Separately, a district official there said 12 people had been injured in Sindhupalchowk, which suffered the heaviest death toll in last month’s quake. The new temblor also triggered at least three big landslides in the district.
“The latest earthquake has left us shaken. I am still trembling,” said the official, Diwakar Koirala.
New Delhi: A huge earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit Nepal today at about 12.35 pm, US Geological Survey said; tremors were felt across major swathes of North India, including Delhi, at about 12.40 pm today. News agency Associated Press reports that today’s quake was epicentred between Mount Everest and the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, which was devastated on April 25 by a temblor that weighed in at 7.9.
8,000 people had been killed and more than 17,000 injured in Nepal in the earthquake. 50 people had died in Bihar.
People rushed out of their homes and offices in cities like Patna in Bihar and Gurgaon near Delhi. “News of an earthquake hitting Nepal again has come. Several parts of India also felt the tremors. MHA is collecting more details and info,” tweeted Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Like April’s earthquake, today’s was shallow – 10 km deep. Shallow quakes are more deadly because the amount of energy released is focused over a smaller area.
People in Kathmandu rushed outdoors, Reuters reporters said. There were no immediate reports of damage to buildings. Shopkeepers closed their shops.
Reuters also reported that the quake’s epicentre was close to Everest Base Camp, which was evacuated after an avalanche triggered by the April 25 quake killed 18 climbers. Mountaineers seeking to scale the world’s tallest peak have called off this year’s Everest season.
