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New 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits east of Kathmandu, Nepal - USGS

12:21, Sunday, 26 April, 2015
New 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits east of Kathmandu, Nepal - USGS

A fresh 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck 17km south of Kodari, Nepal, following the 7.9 quake that hit on Saturday and that has killed more than 1,900. Kodari is an alpine village on the China-Nepal border that had a recorded population of 1600 in 2012.

AP reported the tremor as a "major aftershock," but others observed that the sheer size of the shake constitutes it as a second earthquake. People near the epicenter were yelling and running for open ground, AP said.

There are so far no official reports of casualties or damage from the latest quake.

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