Himalayan Quake

Nepal was hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake today, days after 157 people were killed and dozens injured when a strong quake struck the Himalayan country. The tremors were felt in neighbouring India.

While Nepal is still grappling with the devastating earthquake that has resulted in over 157 fatalities, another earthquake, measuring 3.6 in magnitude, shook the Himalayan nation in the early hours of Sunday.

Chinese authorities have commenced the reconstruction of the Sino-Nepal "friendship bridge" that links the Himalayan nation with Tibet and was damaged in the massive 2015 quake.

Nepal government today presented the budget for the fiscal year 2015-16, months after the massive earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation, with a focus on rehabilitation and reconstruction of the battered economy.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 41 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by a devastating tremor less than three weeks ago and unleashing landslides in Himalayan valleys near Mount Everest.

Ashok Parajuli watched his house in Sangachowk village, about three hours by road from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, slide down a hill on Tuesday, as a 7.3 earthquake hit the Himalayan nation just weeks after another major quake had killed thousands.

A 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal at 06:11 (local time) on Saturday 25 April, 2015, flattening large parts of the capital Kathmandu and causing devastation across the impoverished Himalayan nation.

US President Barack Obama called Nepal's prime minister on Wednesday to express his "deep condolences" for the loss of life in a massive earthquake that has devastated the Himalayan nation.

Nepal is struck by one of the most devastating earthquakes in its history. Thousands of lives are lost and there is widespread destruction. NDTV's Ketki Angre travels to capital Kathmandu and other remote parts of the Himalayan country to give first hand account of the devastation.

Nepal has told foreign search and rescue teams not to come because there are already enough in the earthquake-hit country, a senior UN official said Wednesday.

India, on Tuesday pressed six more teams of NDRF personnel into its relief and rescue operations in Nepal as the Himalayan country struggles to cope in the grim aftermath of the deadly earthquake which has left thousands dead and millions affected.

Nepal is struck by one of the most devastating earthquakes in its history. Thousands of lives are lost and there is widespread destruction. NDTV's Niha Masih travels to capital Kathmandu and other remote parts of the Himalayan country to give first hand account of the devastation.

The earthquake that devastated Nepal and left thousands of people dead shifted the earth beneath Kathmandu by up to several metres south, but the height of Mount Everest likely stayed the same, experts said Tuesday.

Nepal table tennis player Elina Maharjan was in tears as she recounted how friends had been killed and injured when the 7.8-magnitude quake pummelled the Himalayan region on Saturday.

In the wake of Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal that wreaked havoc in the Himalayan nation besides rocking neighbouring countries, people want to know more about the phenomenon which is a manifestation of the Earth's crust settling down.

Nepal was hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake today, days after 157 people were killed and dozens injured when a strong quake struck the Himalayan country. The tremors were felt in neighbouring India.

While Nepal is still grappling with the devastating earthquake that has resulted in over 157 fatalities, another earthquake, measuring 3.6 in magnitude, shook the Himalayan nation in the early hours of Sunday.

Chinese authorities have commenced the reconstruction of the Sino-Nepal "friendship bridge" that links the Himalayan nation with Tibet and was damaged in the massive 2015 quake.

Nepal government today presented the budget for the fiscal year 2015-16, months after the massive earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation, with a focus on rehabilitation and reconstruction of the battered economy.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 41 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by a devastating tremor less than three weeks ago and unleashing landslides in Himalayan valleys near Mount Everest.

Ashok Parajuli watched his house in Sangachowk village, about three hours by road from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, slide down a hill on Tuesday, as a 7.3 earthquake hit the Himalayan nation just weeks after another major quake had killed thousands.

A 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal at 06:11 (local time) on Saturday 25 April, 2015, flattening large parts of the capital Kathmandu and causing devastation across the impoverished Himalayan nation.

US President Barack Obama called Nepal's prime minister on Wednesday to express his "deep condolences" for the loss of life in a massive earthquake that has devastated the Himalayan nation.

Nepal is struck by one of the most devastating earthquakes in its history. Thousands of lives are lost and there is widespread destruction. NDTV's Ketki Angre travels to capital Kathmandu and other remote parts of the Himalayan country to give first hand account of the devastation.

Nepal has told foreign search and rescue teams not to come because there are already enough in the earthquake-hit country, a senior UN official said Wednesday.

India, on Tuesday pressed six more teams of NDRF personnel into its relief and rescue operations in Nepal as the Himalayan country struggles to cope in the grim aftermath of the deadly earthquake which has left thousands dead and millions affected.

Nepal is struck by one of the most devastating earthquakes in its history. Thousands of lives are lost and there is widespread destruction. NDTV's Niha Masih travels to capital Kathmandu and other remote parts of the Himalayan country to give first hand account of the devastation.

The earthquake that devastated Nepal and left thousands of people dead shifted the earth beneath Kathmandu by up to several metres south, but the height of Mount Everest likely stayed the same, experts said Tuesday.

Nepal table tennis player Elina Maharjan was in tears as she recounted how friends had been killed and injured when the 7.8-magnitude quake pummelled the Himalayan region on Saturday.

In the wake of Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal that wreaked havoc in the Himalayan nation besides rocking neighbouring countries, people want to know more about the phenomenon which is a manifestation of the Earth's crust settling down.