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7.4-magnitude quake hits devastated Nepal: USGS

เผยแพร่: 12 พ.ค. 2558 14:51 โดย: MGR Online

Kathmandu, NEPAL: Nepalese people stand in the streets as a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits the country, in Kathmandu on May 12, 2015. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit devastated Nepal, sending terrified residents running into the streets in the capital Kathmandu, according to witnesses and the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 12:35pm local time in the Himalayan nation some 83 kilometres (52 miles) east of Kathmandu, more than two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude quake which killed more than 8,000 people. AFP PHOTO/Prakash Mathema

May 12, 2015
KATHMANDU (AFP) - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit devastated Nepal on Tuesday with the epicentre close the border with China, the US Geological Survey said.

Residents of the capital Kathmandu ran out of their houses after the quake struck at 12:35 pm local time, more than two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude quake which killed more than 8,000 people.

The latest quake struck 83 kilometres (52 miles) east of Kathmandu at a depth of 18.5 kilometres, according to the USGS.