A woman is comforted by relatives and friends after the death of her husband on the outskirts of Patna on Tuesday after a new 7.3 earthquake and several powerful aftershocks hit neighboring devastated Nepal. AFP PHOTO
A woman is comforted by relatives and friends after the death of her husband on the outskirts of Patna on Tuesday after a new 7.3 earthquake and several powerful aftershocks hit neighboring devastated Nepal. AFP PHOTO

PARIS: The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Tuesday, 17 days after a lethal 7.8 temblor, is part of a chain reaction in a notorious seismic hotspot, scientists said.

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