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Death toll rises to 65 in fresh Nepal quake

Xinhua, May 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rescuers deal with the debris of a damaged house after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. The death toll in a fresh powerful quake that hit Nepal on Tuesday has reached 65 and 1,936 others were injured. the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday. [Xinhua/Sunil Sharma]

The death toll in a fresh powerful quake that hit Nepal on Tuesday has reached 65 and more than 1,900 others were injured. the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday.

Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, a spokesman of the ministry, said the 7.5- magnitude quake with an epicenter at Dolakha district has killed 65 with 1,936 reportedly injured till Wednesday morning.

Dolkaha district, some 130 km east of the capital, suffered the maximum number of human loss as well as infrastructures damage.

Most of the cracked buildings, including houses, government offices and schools, have been badly destroyed by the latest quake.

According to the National Seismological Center, five aftershocks with magnitude of 4 to 6 were recorded on Wednesday.

More than 8,000 people were killed in a massive 7.9-magnitude quake on April 25 and some 17,000 were injured.

Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force along with rescue teams from different countries have been deployed for the rescue operation in such worst-hit districts as Kavre, Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa and Nuwakot among others.

However, landslides triggered by the earthquake have obstructed roads and relief distribution in parts of the Himalayan country.