A man cries as he walks on the street while passing through a damaged statue of Lord Buddha a day after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal April 26, 2015.
A man cries as he walks on the street while passing through a damaged statue of Lord Buddha a day after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal April 26, 2015.Reuters File

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday struck Nepal at 11:30am with its epicentre at Barpark in Gorkha district, seismologist Mukunda Bhattarai from the National Seismology Centre (NSC) said.

This is the third quake with its epicentre in Gorkha after the deadly tremor on 25 April.

A series of tremors and aftershocks have struck the Himalayan nation in the last one week and has made it difficult for the people to return to thier houses.

According to the data provided by the home ministry, the temblor has so far claimed over 6,500 lives.

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