Nepal hit by 7.3 earthquake; death toll at 36 is likely to rise

1,117 people reported injured by the 2nd big quake to strike the country which is still recovering from April 25 earthquake

May 12, 2015 08:02 AM

A Nepalese man runs to safety after a second earthquake hit Nepal in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A major earthquake hit a remote mountainous region of Nepal on Tuesday, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the country was ravaged by another deadly quake. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

Binaj Gurubacharya and Katy Daigle
Associated Press

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s Home Ministry has raised the death toll from the latest quake to at least 36, while saying another 1,117 people had been injured.

The magnitude-7.3 quake hit hardest in remote mountain districts northeast of the capital of Nepal, terrifying a nation already shell-shocked by a more powerful quake on April 25 that killed more than 8,000 and flattened entire villages.

Information was slow to reach the capital after Tuesday’s quake, but officials and aid workers said they expected the death toll to almost certainly rise.