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Fresh 6.7 magnitude quake rocks Nepal, tremors felt across North India
Kathmandu/ New Delhi, Apr 26 (IBNS): Fresh earthquake rocked Nepal on Sunday with tremors felt across India a day after a massive quake devastated the Himalayan country and claimed almost 1900 lives besides destroying several buildings, temples and towers.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the aftershocks measured 6.7 in the Richter scale.
The epicenter of Sunday's quake was Kodari, around 80 km east of Kathmandu.
Aftershocks were also felt in UP, Bihar, Punjab, Assam and West Bengal.
Apart from Delhi, tremors were also felt in Lucknow and Kolkata.
In Bihar, the tremors went on for several minutes, reports said.
Metro services were also disrupted in Kolkata and Delhi following the tremors.
Following the fresh quake, the defence ministry, which is helping with the relief and rescue operations in Nepal, suspended vehicular and air traffic there.
"All movement to Kathmandu kept on hold till 4 pm due to fresh tremors in Nepal," tweeted a spokesperson of Defence ministry.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called a high level meeting to review the situation arising due to the Earthquake.
"The review meeting called by the PM at 3:30pm will be looking at the relief work and other issues arising due to the Earthquake," PMO India tweeted.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said he spoke to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar CMs asking them to mobilise a fleet of buses and ambulances to rescue people trapped in Nepal.
Earlier, about 65 mountaineers are believed to have died at the Everest base camp. Helicopters have landed at the Everest to evacuate badly injured mountaineers.
However, rescue operations have been hampered due to bad weather on Sunday.
About 546 Indian nationals have been evacuated from Nepal so far, reports said.
At least 53 people were reportedly killed in India, where the tremor was also felt from the north to east on Saturday.
The Government of India on Sunday announced compensation of Rs. 2 lakh each, to families of those who lost their lives in Saturday's earthquake across parts of India.
Indian Railways dispatched some 100,000 bottles of 'Rail Neer' to quake-hit Nepal on Saturday night.
Five MI-17 Helicopters of IAF departed from Gorakhpur for Kathmandu to provide relief operation at 5 AM on Sunday
Strong aftershocks were felt on Sunday morning too, after the earthquake hit a heavily populated area of Nepal, including the capital, Kathmandu.
The earthquake had rocked the nation at around 11.41 a.m IST (Indian Standard Time) on Saturday at a depth of 10 km with its epicentral region located in Nepal about 80 Km NW of Kathmandu.
Saturday's quake was said to be strongest in Nepal in 80 years.
The epicentre of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal, United States Geological Survey (USGS) had said.
The quake pulled down buildings, temples and towers, felled trees and electric posts and left yawning cracks on roads across Nepal, specially in Kathmandu, the capital.
The historic Dharara Tower built in the 19th century in Kathmandu was also collapsed, Nepal media reported.
Efforts are on to recover more bodies from under heaps of rubble as rescue operation continue on Sunday. Bad weather hampers rescue operations at Everest
The tremors were felt in India too with Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal being majorly affected.
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