According to news agency Reuters, 128 people have died in Nepal as a result of the strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred late on Friday. As per Nepal Television, which is owned by the government, around 140 individuals were injured in the Jajarkot and Rukum districts of Western Nepal.
As to the National Earthquake Measurement Center officials, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Lamidanda district of Jajarkot.
All three of the nation’s security agencies have been called into action for the injured people’s quick rescue and relief, according to the office of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of Nepal.
In the meantime, on Saturday, Prime Minister Dahal ‘Prachanda’ took stock of the nation’s earthquake-affected regions.
According to the nation’s home ministry, reports of property damage and injuries were also coming from the districts of Dailekh, Salyan, and Rolpa.
A hospital in Jajarkot, which is roughly 500 kilometers west of Kathmandu, was caring for the injured.
In Nepal, a country in the Himalayas, earthquakes frequently occur.
A sequence of earthquakes struck Nepal on October 3, the biggest of which had a magnitude of 6.2. The tremors sent shockwaves to sections of North India, including the Delhi-NCR region.
Six persons lost their lives when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated the Doti area in November of 2022, a year ago. It was one of several earthquakes that rocked the nation.
In the hilly nation, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in 2015 claimed over 12,000 lives and destroyed almost a million buildings.
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