3 Earthquakes Jolt District Close To Nepal Capital
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 22, 2023 | 05:00 PM
KATHMANDU, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Oct, 2023) Three earthquakes above magnitude 4 jolted Dhading district on Sunday morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city.
One temblor of magnitude 6.1 struck at 7:39 a.m.
local time, said Lok Bijay Adhikari from Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center (NEMRC).
The quakes have left a few houses damaged in Dhading, but no casualties have been reported yet, Assistant Chief District Officer Hum Nath Parajuli told Xinhua.
A total of 58 temblors have hit Nepal this year, varying in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.3, according to the NEMRC.
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