Earthquake in Nepal Today News: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale struck35 km East of Pokhara in Nepal, USGS said in a statement today.
Kathmandu: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale struck 35 km East of Pokhara in Nepal, USGS said in a statement today. Many people near the epicenter are said to have felt the earthquake. The earthquake took place around 5:30 AM Nepal (Local Time), 113 Km North West of Kathmandu. “Felt earthquake (bhuukmp) M5.3 strikes 113 NW of Kathmandu (Nepal) 10 min ago,” the EMSC said in an official tweet. Three people were injured in a wall collapse incident after the jolt. According to a report, the earthquake did not cause any significant damage.
“The epicenter of the earthquake lies at Bhulbhule of Lamjung District, where it occurred around 5:42 NPT. It has been recorded at 5.8 magnitude,” Dr. Lok Bijay Adhikari, Chief Seismologist at National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Centre, told news agency ANI.
People responded by fleeing their home following the jolts, according to officials. “People were panicked due to the strong tremor,” Hom Prasad Luintel, the chief district officer at Lamjung, told Xinhua.
“Three persons injured after the collapse of the walls of their houses are receiving treatment, while there are reports of damage in several houses.”
All the details of the loss are yet to be reported, said Luintel.
A police team has been mobilized to collect the details of the loss and support the victims in need.
“The jolt was pretty strong. However, there haven’t been reports of any human casualty,” Arjun Gurung, chairman of the rural municipality, told Xinhua over the phone from the epicenter. “We are still collecting the details about the loss.”
At least 9,000 people were killed in a 2015 devastating quake in Nepal.
