Right after the massive earthquake that took place last month, another earthquake measuring 7.3 with epicentre in Nepal triggered huge panic among the citizens on Tuesday. Mild tremors were also felt in different parts of North and East India.
Here are the major earthquakes that occurred in the last 15 years:
April 25 , 2015: magnitude 7.9, Nepal, 8000 dead
March 30, 2015: magnitude 7.7, Papua New Guinea coast, no casualties
Aug 4, 2014: 6.1 magnitude, southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, 367 people killed and 1,881 people injured
Nov 15, 2014: 7.1 magnitude, eastern Indonesia, no casualties
Nov 23, 2014: 6.7-magnitude, Nagano City and Hakuba village in Japan, 39 injured, 10 homes damaged
A Nepal army soldier stands guard near a damaged temple at Bashantapur Durbar Square, after the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 5 | Source: Reuters
Nov 23, 2014: 6.3-magnitude, Sichuan Province, China, 80,000 affected.
Nov 7, 2012: 7.4 magnitude in Guatemala and Mexico; 139 dead
Aug 11, 2012: 6.4 magnitude quake hit East Azerbaijan and Iran; 306 dead
Oct 23, 2011: 7.2 magnitude in Van, Turkey; 604 dead
March 11, 2011: 9.0 magnitude quake triggers devastating Tsunami off-NE Japan; 19,000 dead or missing
Soldiers search for bodies after a massive avalanche triggered by last week's earthquake overwhelmed Langtang village, Nepal | Source: Reuters