Update | Dozens killed, hundreds injured as second major earthquake hits Nepal
At least 66 more killed with 1,066 injured as earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude strikes near Everest prompting panic across Nepal
A second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings weakened by the first disaster and killing at least 66 people, including 17 in neighbouring India and one in Chinese Tibet.
Most of the reported fatalities were in villages and towns east of Kathmandu, only just beginning to pick up the pieces from the April 25 quake that left more than 8,000 dead.
The U.S. military’s Pacific Command said a Marine Corps helicopter involved in disaster relief had gone missing, with six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard.
Watch: Fresh Nepal earthquake kills dozens, triggers panic
The new earthquake was centred 76 kilometres east of the capital in a hilly area close to the border with Tibet, according to coordinates provided by the US Geological Survey.
Villagers who watched their homes collapse said they only survived because they were already living in tents.