17 hurt as two quakes rock Nepal

KATHMANDU: Two eart­hquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, authorities said. The landslide after the quakes of magnitude 6.3 and 5.3 in the district of Bajhang, bordering India, blocked the road to the southern plains, interior ministry official Rama Acharya said. The temblors, centred in Talkot and Chainpur, struck at an interval … Continue reading 17 hurt as two quakes rock Nepal