Score of tremors struck country last night
Kathmandu, May 13, Yet another shock with its epicenter at Kathmandu was felt
last night following powerful tremors ripped through surrounding districts of
the Kathmandu Valley on Monday afternoon. According to National Seismological
Centre, a 4.2 magnitude aftershock with its epicenter in the surrounding part
of Kathmandu was experienced at 2.07 am last night.
Dozens of
aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale with epicenters in Dhading,
Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha, Kavre and Bhaktapur were felt
following the April 25 powerful earthquake struck the country. Though the
aftershocks of the devastating quake saw gradual decrease in intensity bringing
life in Kathmandu to normalcy, the 6.8
magnitude tremor that took place on Tuesday afternoon has adversely affected
the Valley life again.
Yet another shock
measuring 5.9 on Richter scale struck at 3.10 am last night with its epicenter
at Dhading was felt followed 4.3 magnitude tremor at 4.38 am with the epicenter
at Dolakha, according to the NSC.