Aftershocks still jolt Nepal


Kathmandu, Aug 11 (IANS): Two aftershocks were felt in Nepal on Tuesday, more than 100 days after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the Himalayan nation on April 25 killing thousands.

The first aftershock measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded at 4.20 a.m. with the epicentre being in Kathmandu, Xinhua cited the National Seismological Centre as saying.

The second aftershock of 4.3 magnitude was recorded at 10.42 a.m. in the capital again.

A total of 373 lower than 4-magnitude aftershocks have been recorded since the April massive quake which claimed nearly 9,000 lives and left thousands homeless.

 

  

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