November 27, 2016 Earthquake: Mount Ama Dablam, Charikharka, Nepal

Felt (IV) at Dhulikhel, Khandbari and Lalitpur; (III) at Bharatpur, Ghorahi, Kathmandu, Kirtipur and Pokhara. Also felt at Baglung, Banepa, Bhaktapur, Bhimeshwar, Bidur, Birganj, Damak, Dhankuta, Hetauda and Ithari. Felt (IV) at Shiliguri and (III) at Gangtok, India. Also felt at Darbhanga, Kalimpong, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Phulwari Sharif, Rangpo, Singtam and Uttar Bagdogra. Bhimeshwar, Dolakha, Nepal - CDI: 5; Birganj, Parsa, Nepal - CDI: 5; Rangpo, Sikkim, India - CDI: 4; Bidur, Nuwakot, Nepal - CDI: 4; Kalimpong, Bangla, India - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)

An avalanche triggered by an earthquake Monday in a mountainous area of Nepal killed a Sherpa mountain guide and injured a British climber who had to be rescued by helicopter, expedition organizers said. The magnitude-5.4 earthquake sent people fleeing from their houses and caused snow and ice to roll down the slopes of Mount Ama Dablam, located just south of Mount Everest. The Sherpa guide and British climber were hit by falling chucks of ice at an altitude of about 19,680 feet on the mountain, said Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, which organized and equipped the expedition. (reference #11737)

Likewise, two houses had collapsed in Charikharka, police informed. (reference #11738)