Powerful New Earthquake Hits Devastated Nepal

Hamilton Nwosa
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck Nepal, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000  people in the Himalayan nation, the USGS has reported.

Al Jazeera’s Annette Ekin, reporting from the capital, Kathmandu, said that there was “utter panic” in the  capital.

“The earth just started rolling. Everyone ran out onto the streets and all of the shops are now shuttered,”  she said, adding that the quake seemed to last about 30 seconds.New earthquake

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A woman who works for a finance company in Thamel, in Kathmandu, told Al Jazeera that she had clung on to a pillar inside her building when the quake struck.

“I was screaming. It felt like the house was falling,” she said.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, also reporting from Kathmandu, said the quake was so powerful that it made the building he was in “feel like jelly”.

Tremors were felt in northern parts of neighbouring India.

USGS had earlier reported the magnitude at 7.1 but later upgraded it to 7.4.

The quake, which struck near the base camp for Everest, was measured at a shallow depth of about 19km.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on April 25, killing at least 8,046 people and injuring more than 17,800.

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