Two weeks after thousands died in a mammoth earthquake, Nepal got hit hard again on Tuesday, with another powerful tremor that has already left dozens more dead, more than 1,000 injured.The fact that Nepal just endured a similar horror, not to mention waves of aftershocks that followed, didn't diminish from Tuesday's damage or shock. Some buildings that were damaged earlier collapsed, while locals scrambled for their lives knowing full well Mother Nature's might.Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck at a depth of about 15 kilometers (9 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. For comparison's sake, the magnitude-7.8 quake on April 25 -- which killed more than 8,000 people -- was more than three times bigger and 5.6 times stronger, in terms of energy released, according to the agency.
Nepalese Home Ministry Spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said that at least 36 people in his country, some of them in Kathmandu and the Dolakha district, had died as of late Tuesday afternoon. More than 1,125 had been counted as injured at that point.Indian Defense Ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar tweeted that his country's troops are involved in helping those injured, killed and otherwise impacted in Nepal, including flying some casualties from the village of Mrigu to Kathmandu by helicopter.
Other places like Delhi, Uttarakhand etc. felt the impact of earthquake. This earthquake brings the fear of impact that earlier one brought in Nepal and its destruction.
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