BREAKING NEWS: Nepal Hit By Another Earthquake Just 2 Weeks After First One

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck Nepal, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people in the Himalayan nation, the USGS has reported.

USGS initially reported the magnitude as magnitude 7.1, but later upgraded it to 7.3.

The quake, which struck 18km southeast of Kodari, near the base camp for Mt Everest, was measured at a shallow depth of about 18km. A series of aftershocks - including one 6.3 magnitude tremor - later hit in the same area, the USGS reported.

A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said four people were killed in Chautara, Nepal, after the earthquake destroyed several buildings there.

"The situation in Chautara is that several buildings in the town have collapsed," spokesman Paul Dillon told the Reuters news agency by telephone from Kathmandu. "There are four fatalities."