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5 killed, 300 injured in latest Nepal quake

Xinhua, May 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Five people were killed and at least 300 others injured after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday.

According to the local media, four people died in Sindhupalchowk, the worst-hit district by the massive 7.9- magnitude on April 24, which has left more than 8,000 people dead. Another person was killed in Teku of Kathmandu in a collapsed building.

Some 300 people have been injured in the powerful tremor, a police officer told Xinhua. According to the Home Ministry, most of the casualties were in Sindhupalchowk and Dolakha.

More than 90 percent of houses have been destroyed in Dolakha, the epicenter of the latest quake. Endi