Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Nepal
An earthquake of local magnitude 6.4 occurred on Friday around Ramidanda in Jajarkot district at 23:47 (1802 GMT), Nepal's National Seismological Centre said. There were no immediate details of any damage. "This was a big earthquake.
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An earthquake of local magnitude 6.4 occurred on Friday around Ramidanda in Jajarkot district at 23:47 (1802 GMT), Nepal's National Seismological Centre said. Jajarkot is about 500 km (310 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu. There were no immediate details of any damage.
"This was a big earthquake. We have heard some damage to houses. We are collecting details. So far no reports of human injuries. Police and army have been mobilised," Suresh Sunar, a top official in Jajarkot, told Reuters. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.2, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
The earthquake shook buildings in New Delhi, according to Reuters' witnesses.
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