(Bloomberg) -- An earthquake in Nepal on Tuesdaykilled at least 36 people and injured more than 1,000, a littleover two weeks after thousands died in an even more powerfultemblor.

The 7.3 magnitude quake at 12:35 p.m. Indian time was centered76 kilometers (47 miles) east-northeast of Kathmandu at a depth of15 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Tremors were feltas far away as India’s capital New Delhi.

“Some buildings have fallen down,” Abhay Kumar, a spokesman atIndia’s embassy in Kathmandu, said by phone from the city. “Wehaven’t gotten any word of what things are like outside” Nepal’scapital, he said.

The government estimates reconstruction costs fromApril’s earthquake alone will exceed $10 billion,equivalent to about half of Nepal’s $20 billion economy. Nepal isone of Asia’s poorest nations, with a gross domestic product that’ssmaller than any of the 50 U.S. states.

The country’s Ministry of Home Affairs said at least 1,117 wereinjured today, apart from the dozens killed.

The shaking “felt pretty big and it lasted more than a minute,”Rameshwor Dangal, an official at the ministry, said by phone fromKathmandu.

A series of aftershocks, one as strong as 6.3 magnitude, hitafter the first earthquake today, the USGS said.

People in Kathmandu are out on the streets fearing furthertremors, political analyst Lok Raj Baral said.

Catastrophic Quakes

The South Asia region has a history of catastrophic earthquakesbecause the tectonic plate that carries the Indian subcontinent ispushing northward into the main Asian plate.

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on April 25 --the most powerful to hit the country since at least 1934 -- wasmore than five times stronger than Tuesday’s temblor.

The latest damage coupled with monsoon rains will make reliefwork more challenging, said Brooke Gibbons, who is working forhumanitarian organization CARE International in Kathmandu.

Last month’s disaster killed more than 8,000 people, injuredclose to 18,000 and triggered deadly avalanches on MountEverest.

--With assistance from Kartikay Mehrotra and Sam Nagarajan inNew Delhi.

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