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People run in the street after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday.

Earthquake near Mount Everest the second major quake in three weeks; aftershocks already rippling through Nepal, India

Another earthquake has rocked Nepal, the US Geological Survey said Tuesday morning, just two weeks after a devastating quake killed over 8,000 people.

Tuesday’s earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale and was felt as far away as New Delhi, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, they said; the USGS has downgraded the quake from 7.4.

Witnesses have told news agencies on the ground that the quake lasted at least two minutes – a long time for an earthquake or seismic tremor; however, AFP reports that the quake lasted close to one minute.

The epicenter of this earthquake is Namche Bazar, near Mount Everest, according to BBC – some 160 km (100 miles) from Kathmandu and on the Nepal-China border.

Aftershocks are being reported less than an hour after the original quake struck, with some measuring up to 5.6.

Nepalese and Indian websites are reporting two earthquakes which erupted in quick succession – the Nepal quake and a second in Afghanistan measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale. This has yet to be confirmed.

So far, four deaths have been reported in Chautura, and 12 are injured in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk region, where three landslides have been reported, according to Reuters India. Another death has been reported in Teku.

Two people have also been killed in India’s Bihar state.

An official death count has not been released yet, but Reuters reports that 24 have been confirmed dead, including 5 from India, and 981 injured.

Footage of the quake has begun to surface on YouTube, with one video showing high-rises in Kathmandu shaking ominously during the tremor.                 (INN)

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