Death Toll in Nepal Earthquake Rises to Over 1,400 – Finance Minister

SputnikNews.com
25.04.2015

The death toll in a massive earthquake in Nepal has risen to 1,457, according to the Nepalese Army, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat writes on his Twitter account.

The death toll from the Nepal earthquake of magnitude of 7.9 has risen to 1,457, around 1,055 people are injured, Nepalese Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said on Twitter Saturday.

The earthquake happened about 82 kilometers (51 miles) northwest of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, where several buildings collapsed. Tremors could also be felt in New Delhi and other northern and eastern Indian states, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

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