Tremor shakes Nepal-Tibet border

AFP, Kathmandu
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook the Nepal-Tibet border yesterday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said.

An official from Nepal's Mines and Geology Department said the tremor occurred at 10:12am local time and the epicentre was Kodari, 114 kilometres northeast of Kathmandu, the official said.

Another tremor rocked parts of Gujarat yesterday, sparking panic in areas ravaged by a giant tremor that killed 20,000 people two years ago, reports said.

Television networks said cities in the Saurashtra region of coastal Gujarat were jolted by the earthquake but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.