Earthquake Safety

On Tuesday's early morning, people in Kathmandu and some eastern districts of country woke up to the terror of a tremor, bringing the 2015 earthquake fresh to their minds. The seismic waves of a powerful earthquake that hit a remote village in Tibet Autonomous Region of China shook buildings in Nepal, India and Bhutan. China Earthquake Networks Centre reported that a magnitude of 6.8 earthquake struck Tingri, a rural Chinese county, also known as the northern gateway to the Mount Everest region. More than 100 people were killed, with scores of houses reduced to rubble in the Shigatse region of Tibet. However, no human casualties have been reported in Nepal. The ripples of quake from other side of border has once again reminded us of our vulnerability. This has been also seen as a dangerous prelude to a big tremblor, given that around a dozen small quakes have already shaken western districts of Nepal in the last three weeks.