Kathmandu, January 7: A 7.1 scale tremor killed at least 32 people in Nepal and left 38 critical on Tuesday morning.
The earthquake struck the Nepal-Tibet border and wreaked a large scale devastation mostly on the Nepal- Tibet border, said reports.
The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported that the earthquake occurred at 6:35 AM (IST), with its epicentre at latitude 28.86 degrees North and longitude 87.51 degrees East, at a depth of 10 kilometres. The epicentre was located in Xizang (Tibet Autonomous Region), near the Nepal border.
Additionally, many house collapses were reported in Tonglai Village, located in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, also known as Shigatse where tremendous devastation took place causing death of scores of locals.
The earthquake also sent tremors across parts of North India, including Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Delhi-NCR, said the reports.
Two subsequent earthquakes were recorded in the region shortly after. A 4.7 magnitude tremor was reported at 7:02 AM (IST), with its epicentre at latitude 28.60 degrees North and longitude 87.68 degrees East, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
Minutes later, at 7:07 AM (IST), another earthquake of magnitude 4.9 was registered at latitude 28.68 degrees North and longitude 87.54 degrees East, at a depth of 30 kilometres.
The tremors were also observed in parts of Bihar. However, no casualties or loss of properties have been reported so far.
