Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hits Nepal, tremors felt in Delhi-NCR…

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit Nepal on Friday night with strong tremors felt in northern India, including the Delhi-NCR region, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh . As per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 11:32 pm at a depth of 10 km.

It added that the epicentre of the earthquake was at the Lamidanda area in Nepal’s Jajarkot district, according to officials at the National Earthquake Measurement Centre.

Here are the top updates:

• Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center said the earthquake’s epicentre was at Jajarkot, which is about 250 miles northeast of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.
• According to officials, at least 128 people have lost their lives and 140 others have been injured.
• Strong tremors were felt across several north Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the Delhi-NCR region.
• In a post on X, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed his deep sorrow over the loss of lives. His office said that he has directed security agencies for immediate rescue and relief of those injured.
• Local officials have not been able to make contact with the Jajarkot village where the epicentre is and has a population of 190,000. Police official Namaraj Bhattarai told Reuters: “Rescue and search teams have to clear roads blocked by dry landslides due to the earthquake to reach the affected areas”
• In Jajarkot district, 17 people were confirmed dead, a government administration official, Harish Chandra Sharma, told AP. The quake killed at least 20 people in Nepal’s Rukum district where several houses have been collapsed, police official Narvaraj Bhattarai told AP.
• Communications have been cut off with many villages in Nepal, AP reports.
• The Jajarkot district official Suresh Sunar told Reuters that at least 20 people have been injured and were rushed to a hospital. He said, “I am out in the open myself. We are collecting details but due to cold and night it is difficult to get information from remote areas. We have mobilized rescue personnel.”
• Police official Santosh Rokka told Reuters, “Houses have collapsed. People rushed out of their homes. I am out in the crowd of terrified residents. We are trying to find details of damages.”

• Earthquake news LIVE: At least 140 people died and dozens were injured after a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck northwestern districts of Nepal, late on Friday night. The earthquake’s impact was felt as far as India’s capital, New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), over 800 kilometres (500 miles) away.

  

  Officials said that the death toll may rise as communication with many affected areas has been disrupted, news agency PTI reported.

  The US Geological Survey initially reported the earthquake’s magnitude as 5.6, with a depth of 11 miles. Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center located the epicenter in Jajarkot, which is approximately 250 miles northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital.

  As on Saturday, the districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum have borne the brunt of the earthquake’s impact. Jajarkot, in particular, has recorded 92 deaths, as detailed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Santosh Roka of Jajarkot district, The Kathmandu Post reported.

• Tremors felt in several Bihar districts
  Several places in Bihar were also jolted by an earthquake, officials said.
  As per initial reports, the tremors were felt in Bihar’s Patna, Katihar, Motihari and a few other districts along the Indo-Nepal border, they said.
  There were no reports of any damage to property or loss of life due to the quake in the state, the officials said.
• Third in a month
  This is the third time in a month that strong quakes have struck Nepal.
  On October 22, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks damaged nearly two dozen houses in the hilly Dhading district near Nepal’s capital. The shaking also caused a landslide in the region.
  On October 3, two earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal, with tremors felt in large parts of India including the National Capital Region, the NCS said.
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