Impoverished Nepal appealed for billions of dollars in aid from foreign nations, as well as medical experts to treat the wounded and helicopters to ferry food and temporary shelters to hundreds of thousands left homeless amid unseasonal rains. (
People come out of SBI building after earthquake in New Delhi on Tuesday. The quake shook large swathes of North India, from Delhi to West Bengal. Even Chennai felt the tremors. (Photo: PTI)
Employees of a highrise office building coming out to the street after earthquake in Kolkata.
Across the Nepalese border in Tibet's Jilong and Zhangmu regions, the Earth shook strongly. Tremors were also felt slightly in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. In picture, people rush out of their homes following the earthquake.
Norway's Red Cross, which was helping people from the April 25 earthquake at a 60-bed hospital in Chautara in central Nepal, said on Twitter in Norwegian that there were "many injured, several killed" and added that their hospital tents already has
In the capital of Kathmandu, the quake sent people rushing outside of their homes. Police gave no immediate estimates of damage.
The international airport in Kathmandu, which has become a transport hub for international aid, was closed temporarily, while traffic snarled in the streets of Kathmandu.
Tuesday's quake was followed closely by at least five aftershocks measuring from magnitude 5.6 to magnitude 6.3.
Tuesday's quake was deeper,coming from a depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) versus the April 25th quake that hit 15 kilometers (9.3 miles). More shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage at the surface.
People gather in the street after the earthquake in Kathmandu(Photo: International Organization for Migration (IOM)) Several buildings collapsed in the isolated town of Chautara, with at least four people killed, according to Paul Dillon, a
A major earthquake hit Nepal in a remote region near the Chinese border on Tuesday, killing at least four people less than three weeks after the country was ravaged by another deadly quake. In picture, people huddled together in a temporary shelter.
New landslides blocked mountain roads in the district of Gorkha, one of the regions hit hardest on April 25, while previously damaged buildings collapsed with the latest quake. (Photo: AP)
Tuesday's quake, centered midway between Kathmandu and Mount Everest, struck hardest in the foothills of the Himalayas, triggering some landslides, but it also shook the capital badly, sending thousands of terrified people into the streets. (Photo:
Tuesday's temblor was deeper, however, coming from a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) versus the earlier one at 15 kilometres (9.3 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage. (Photo: AP)
Frightened residents in the capital, who had returned to their homes only a few days ago, once again set up tents Tuesday night to sleep in empty fields, parking lots and on sidewalks. (Photo: AP)
Extra police were sent to patrol ad-hoc camping areas, while drinking water and extra tents were being provided. (Photo: AP)