Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Another aftershock above 4M felt tonight

JUL 22 - A fresh aftershock of 4.6 on the Richter scale was felt at 10:14 pm on Wednesday. The National Seismological Centre said that the epicenter of the fresh quake was Kathmandu.
-Earlier, on Tuesday, an aftershock , measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, shook various parts of the country, including the Capital after four days of no seismic activity. With the epicenter in Dola
kha district, the aftershock was recorded to have struck at 8:09 am, according to the National Seismological Centre..
Aftershocks continue to rock the country despite the April 25 quake, also known as the 'Gorkha earthquake', reaching nearly three months.
Following the Gorkha earthquake, some 352aftershock s measuring above four Richter scale have been recorded by the Centre.

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