KATHMANDU: Tremors were felt twice in the capital on early Wednesday. The first tremor was felt at 6:29 am while the second struck at 6:40 am.
Kathmanduites have been panicked following the recurrence of tremors in a gap of 11 minutes just before a day the mega earthquake rocked Nepal four years ago.
According to Chintan Timsina, a seismologist at the National Seismological Center, Lainchaur, the first tremor 5.2 on the Richter scale was felt at 6:29 which was followed by another jolt with 4.3 on the Richter scale at 6:40 am.
Again! Earthquake of local magnitude 4.3 in Naubise Dhanding@06:40.
-NEMc— NEOC, MoHA Nepal (@NEOCOfficial) April 24, 2019
The epicenter of both the tremors was Naubise, Dhading.
Earthquake of local magnitude 5.2 in Naubise Dhanding @06:29.
-NEMC— NEOC, MoHA Nepal (@NEOCOfficial) April 24, 2019
A mega earthquake with 7.8 on the Richter scale had devastated Nepal with its epicenter in Barpak, Gorkha on April 25, 2015. Facebook users have described it as a recollection of the mega earthquake. The deadly quake had occurred at 11.56 am on Saturday.
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