Three mild tremors jolt central Nepal

So far, the number of aftershocks with magnitude 4.0 or above has reached 414 after the devastating April 25, 2015 earthquake.

November 25, 2015 05:16 pm | Updated 05:16 pm IST - Kathmandu

Three mild tremors were recorded in central Nepal in less than 12 hours.

An aftershock of magnitude 4.1 was recorded at 12.42 a.m. on Wednesday, with its epicentre near Baramchi in Sindhupalchowk district, 120 km east of Kathmandu, according to the National Seismological Centre (NSC).

Earlier, two mild aftershocks jolted central Nepal on Tuesday.

A 4.4-magnitude tremor with epicentre at Gorkha was recorded at 6.09 p.m. and another 4-magnitude tremor epicentred at Nuwakot was recorded at 5 p.m.

So far, the number of aftershocks with magnitude 4.0 or above on the Richter scale has reached 414 after the devastating April 25, 2015 earthquake that claimed nearly 9,000 lives.

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