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A Second Major Quake Strikes Nepal

IT GETS WORSE

Scenes from a fresh round of terror, as a 7.3-magnitude temblor hits the Himalayan nation and rattles structures as far away as India and Bangladesh.

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A fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday, killing more than two dozen people in the Himalayan country and neighboring states. Many buildings already weakened by a much bigger quake last month were brought down. The earthquake was centered 42 miles west of the town of Namche Bazaar, close to Mount Everest and the border with Tibet, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It could be felt as far away as northern India and Bangladesh.

In this photo, a man stands on the debris of collapsed houses in Sankhu after the second earthquake struck.

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A woman injured in an earthquake walks toward a hospital soon after the quake.

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A woman in Siliguri, India, is rushed to a hospital after she fainted following the quake.

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A rescuer carries a man on his back as authorities carry out rescue operations in Gyirong county, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Rescue team officials search for survivors at a collapsed building in Kathmandu.

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A Nepalese patient sits outside of a hospital building in Kathmandu.

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Nepalese military personnel stand on a collapsed building in the center of Kathmandu.

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An Indian widow (C) is comforted by relatives and friends after the death of her husband on the outskirts of Patna. Officials in Nepal said at least 36 people were killed while 17 people also died across the border in northern India, most in the state of Bihar.

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A Nepalese women holds her daughter after evacuating to a street minutes the earthquake in central Kathmandu on Tuesday.

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People stand on a road divider after vacating their office buildings following an earthquake in Kolkata, India. The magnitude 7.3 quake was felt as far away as New Delhi and Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

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Nepalese police personnel run to rescue earthquake victims believed to be trapped in Sankhu.

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