Bhaktapur, Nepal – A second major earthquake struck this mountainous nation Tuesday – 17 days after the first devastating earthquake – killing 42 and injuring 1117, said Nepali government.
The center of the earthquake was located in a secluded area about 11 miles Kodari, a border crossing from Nepal to Tibet, and 47 miles from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS initially registered as a magnitude 7.4, after reviewing the figure of magnitude 7.3. At least five more small aftershocks after the earthquake just before 13:00 local time (3:15 am EST).
It was not clear how much additional damage has been caused to the thousands of destroyed buildings and flattened mountain villages during the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Nepal on April 25 – killing more than 8,000 people and injured 17 thousand.
A group of nine volunteers with Team Delaware Medical Relief in Nepal this week to provide medical treatment and supplies, was safe after the last earthquake, members said. As a precaution, the group left the house guests in Kathmandu ordered to berth on the latest Radisson City.
Four earthquakes shook devastated Nepal in quick succession late on Tuesday, the first of a massive 7.3 on the Richter scale. 48 people have died in Nepal and nearly 1,000 injured. (Track live updates)
In India, where they felt the tremors were felt throughout northern and eastern India, 17 people have died in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, says the border of Nepal.
The earthquake sent terrified residents running into the streets of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, from already damaged in the earthquake of 7.9 magnitude had reached three weeks ago buildings over 8,000 people died.
In Delhi, buildings shook and office workers were evacuated. People ran out of their homes and offices in cities like Gurgaon, near Delhi. The metro service in the capital stopped for a few minutes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with senior officials to discuss the situation. His office then tweeted his instructions.
An Indian Air Force helicopter MI-17 stationed in Kathmandu was sent to assess damage in Namche Bazar, near Mount Everest and 68 kilometers from the epicenter of the first earthquake.
According to reports, several buildings have collapsed in Kathmandu today.
Doctors and volunteers formed a human chain in a hospital in Kathmandu for maintaining an open path for ambulances.
Entire villages were destroyed in the earthquake of April 25 in Nepal, while much of Kathmandu were destroyed, leaving nearly 18,000 people injured and tens of thousands homeless. About 80 people died in Bengal and Bihar.
Like the earthquake in April, today was shallow – 15 kilometers deep. Shallow earthquakes are more deadly because the amount of energy released is focused on a smaller area.
