A magnitude 6.6 aftershock struck an hour later and smaller aftershocks continued to jolt the region for hours.
With aftershocks measuring up to 5.4 on the Richter scale rattling the unstable mass of soil and rubble, there was no safe place to keep the 182 bodies found in the area so far.
UPI adds: Three aftershocks that followed on Saturday and two smaller ones yesterday sent more refugees fleeing to the relative safety of the countryside, despite attempts by officials to halt their movement over roads, already clogged by convoys of emergency supplies and ambulances.
Thousands in Kathmandu were bedding down in the open air after Nepal's national radio warned people to stay outdoors because of the danger that more aftershocks might occur.
Yesterday's aftershocks were centered within a few miles of the capital, according to local seismologists.
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