Nepal suffers aftershock 9 months after devastating earthquake

January 10, 2016 13:08

A mild tremor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Nepal around midnight, in an aftershock of the Gorkha quake that devastated the country nearly nine months ago.

According to the National Seismological Centre, the earthquake was recorded at around 11.28 pm with its epicenter in Ramechhap district, 200 km east of Kathmandu.

The tremor, listed as an aftershock of the April 25 temblor, was felt nearly nine months after the devastating quake that had its epicentre at Barpak of Gorkha district, 200 km west of Kathmandu.

With this, as many as 424 significant aftershocks (of local magnitude 4.0 or above) have followed the devastating earthquake, NSC records show.

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