USGS reported that four earthquakes shook Nepal one after the other. USGS reported that four earthquakes shook Nepal one after the other.

Four earthquakes - measuring 7.4, 6.3, 5.6 and 5.2 on the Richter scale with epicentres in Kodari and areas close to Mount Everest in Ramechhap - struck Nepal on Tuesday, killing four people in the Himalayan nation and resulting in tremors across north India.

The earthquakes shook a devastated Nepal, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Live Updates



The US Geological Survey said the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 and struck 68 km west of the town of Namche Bazar, close to Mount Everest. Tremors were also felt in southern China, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The four people died in Chautara in Sindhupalchowk district, north of the capital Kathmandu, after several buildings collapsed, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said. Separately, a district official there said 12 people had been injured in Sindhupalchowk, which suffered the heaviest death toll in last month's quake. The new temblor also triggered at least three big landslides in the district.

The Nepal government was scrambling on Tuesday to assess the damage as the phone network got affected and information was hard to come by. "We are getting messages that many people have vacated their houses and the temporary shelters," said Ram Prasad Sharma, a home ministry official in Kathmandu. "This is only information we have now," he said.



Strong tremors and aftershocks were felt in north and east India, including New Delhi, Srinagar, Amritsar, Guwahati, Lucknow and Jaipur. The Delhi Metro services were promptly halted in the national capital.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters in New Delhi that the government is prepared. "There is no need to panic. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is on the alert," he said. The Home Minister also called up India's Ambassador to Nepal, Ranjeet Ray, and took stock of the situation in the Himalayan nation.