Second major earthquake hits Nepal
Another major earthquake has hit Nepal, just two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 17,800.
The latest earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 and hit near the town of Namche Bazar, near Mount Everest.
It hit at lunchtime local time (07:50GMT) and was about two miles deeper than the quake on April 25. Shallower earthquakes tend to cause more damage at the surface.
The latest tremor was felt as far away as Delhi, the Indian capital, and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
In Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, people ran from buildings into the street.
Latest reports say more than 30 people have been killed and 1,006 injured, mostly in Nepal but also in neighbouring Indian states.
From the airport, which has now been closed, Jack Board, international correspondent at Channel News Asia’s digital newsroom, tweeted this picture and said: "Hundreds of people running of out of Kathmandu airport. Scary shaking from aftershock.
"Everyone has run in panic out of the airport, now on tarmac. Very strong shaking, scary
"That was genuine panic from people here. They’ve seen this before. Everyone is ok, still shaking though."
He later tweeted: "Things in Nepal, really for the first time today, felt like they were back to normal. People will be scared again now."
The first earthquake on 25 April, which was centred in western Nepal, had a magnitude of 7.8 and caused widespread devastation.
Specialist tour operators were hoping visitors would quickly return to Nepal in the autumn to help the country’s recovery.
Many travel companies, including Naturetrek, KE Adventure Travel, P&O Cruises, and Colette, have been raising funds for the relief effort.
Several UK operators had clients in Nepal at the time of the first strike, but all their groups avoided danger.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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