at least 157 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck nepal and destroyed hundreds of houses in the himalayan country’s remote mountainous region, officials said on saturday. according to the national earthquake monitoring and research centre, the earthquake with an epicentre in jajarkot district, about 500km west of kathmandu, was recorded at 11:47 pm on friday. friday’s earthquake is the most devastating one in the country since
Nepal Earthquake News LIVE Updates: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Nepal has killed at least 129 people and injured dozens. Communications have been cut off with many places and the death toll is expected to rise.
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale, with its epicenter in Nepal at a depth of 10 km. The tremors were also felt in several North Indian districts, including Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.