It doesn’t necessarily mean that Mother Nature has no love for Nepal, but if it were as Stevie Wonder sings in “As:” [“loving you] until Mother Nature says her work is through”, then it would seem as if and [be] safe to say Mother Nature’s work wasn’t through in Nepal as…the second earthquake in a mere two week time span happened just hours ago.
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A major earthquake struck Nepal today, just weeks after the country was devastated by a deadly quake, that left 36 dead and over 1,000 injured.
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 11.5 miles, according to the United States Geological Survey.
It was followed closely by at least five aftershocks measuring from magnitude 5.6 to magnitude 6.3.
In Kathmandu, today’s quake sent people rushing outside of their homes into the streets. Police gave no immediate estimate on damage.
WATCH: #NepalQuakeAgain caused huge rockslide near Dhunche, #Nepal. (Pic via @redcrosscanada) pic.twitter.com/1wppCEMbdj
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“Felt like walking on deck of boat as we made way to safety,” Rose Foley, a UNICEF official based in Kathmandu, wrote following the earthquakes.
The earthquake activity followed an April 25 earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 8,000 people.
Indian Embassy spokesman Abhay Kumar said some buildings in Kathmandu collapsed, but he gave no further details about how many or where they were.
Experts say the April 25 quake caused extensive structural damage even in buildings that did not topple, and that many could be in danger of (cont’d)
