August 24, 2012 – NEPAL – Four
consecutive earthquakes — two of them powerful ones — rocked western
Nepal in past 12 hours. With their epicenters in the border area of
Rolpa and Rukum districts, the tremors of the first quake were felt in
Kathmandu at 10:15 pm last night. Its magnitude was 5.6
on the Richter scale, according to Dilli Ram Tiwari, survey officer at
National Seismological Centre (NSC) in Kathmandu. The second quake was
measured at 10:27 pm yesterday, and it was 4.4 in magnitude. The NSC has
recorded two earthquakes this morning also. The quakes at 6:02 am and
9.40 am were 4.4 and 5.2 on the Richter Scale, Tiwari said. –The Himalayan
August 24, 2012 – NEPAL – Four
consecutive earthquakes — two of them powerful ones — rocked western
Nepal in past 12 hours. With their epicenters in the border area of
Rolpa and Rukum districts, the tremors of the first quake were felt in
Kathmandu at 10:15 pm last night. Its magnitude was 5.6
on the Richter scale, according to Dilli Ram Tiwari, survey officer at
National Seismological Centre (NSC) in Kathmandu. The second quake was
measured at 10:27 pm yesterday, and it was 4.4 in magnitude. The NSC has
recorded two earthquakes this morning also. The quakes at 6:02 am and
9.40 am were 4.4 and 5.2 on the Richter Scale, Tiwari said. –The Himalayan
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