Death toll from Tuesday's quake reaches 61

KATHMANDU, MAY 12 - The death toll from Tuesday's powerful earthquake that hit the country at 12: 50 pm local time has reached 61 as of 23:15. The deaths were reported from 11 districts. According to Dolakha District Police, the death toll has climbed to 34 in the district.

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck the country with its epicenter in Dolakha district.  This is another strong quake to rock the nation 18 days after a deadly quake struck nation on April 25.

Similarly, the number of the injured in Tuesday’s quake has been counted at 1,261, Nepal Police Spokesperson Kamal Singh Bom said. The toll from the previous two strong quakes that struck on April 25 and 26 has crossed 8,000.

District  -     Number of deaths

Dolakha :            34
Sindhupalchok: 11
Kathmandu:        4
Ramechhap:       4
Sindhuli:              2
Lalitpur:               2
Dhanusa:            1
Sarlahi:                1
Sunsari:              1
Rautahat:            1
Gorkha:               1