Powerful tremors shake Nepal's capital Kathmandu: AFP

Earthquake in Nepal. - Photo: Twitter

KATHMANDU, (Nepal): Powerful tremors shook Nepal's capital Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday (Jan 7), an AFP reporter said, after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a remote Himalayan region near Mount Everest.

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake was located near Louche in Nepal, along the mountainous border with Tibet in China.

Buildings shook in Kathmandu, roughly 150 kilometres (93 miles) to the southeast. - AFP

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