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At least 19 dead in latest major earthquake to strike Nepal

A Nepalese government official says the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude-7

Binaj Gurubacharya and Katy Daigle (The Jakarta Post)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tue, May 12, 2015

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At least 19 dead in latest major earthquake to strike Nepal

A Nepalese government official says the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake has risen to at least 19.

Home Ministry official Laxmi Dhakal says the quake also left at least 981 people injured.

The earthquake hit a remote mountains region of Nepal early Tuesday afternoon, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the country was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.(*)

 

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