A small number of Australians are being provided consular assistance after Nepal's second earthquake, the Department of Foreign Affairs says.
The department could not say exactly how many Australians had been affected by the 7.3 magnitude quake on Tuesday, but said there had been no reports of Australian casualties.
The quake, which has killed dozens in Nepal and 17 in northern India, hit 76 kilometres east of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and came three weeks after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the country and killed more than 8100 people.
The department said Australians with concerns about family in Nepal should first try to contact them directly.
Telstra is offering customers free calls and texts from post-paid mobiles and fixed lines to Nepal until Tuesday morning.
The Australian government on Wednesday updated its travel advice, telling people to reconsider their need to go to Nepal.
The family of NSW man Tyronne White, who has been missing in the Himalayas since the first quake, have deferred a trip to search for him.
His brother Brett White had planned to fly to Nepal with his wife and father on Wednesday.
He told AAP the family were devastated by the delay, but said the search would be too dangerous, with the country experiencing aftershocks and landslides since the second quake.
Tyronne White was last seen alive in a remote village on the morning the 7.8 magnitude quake hit on April 25.
Family members have received no recent news about the 44-year-old and still plan to fly to Nepal when it is appropriate, Brett White said on Thursday.
The experienced traveller and trekker is thought to have been near the village of Langtang when the quake struck.
More than 100 people were killed a week later when a post-quake avalanche hit the northern village, a popular spot for Himalayan trekkers.
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