At least 130 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as New Delhi in neighbouring India shook.
The quake occurred with a magnitude of 6.4, Nepal’s National Seismological Centre said. The German Research Centre for Geosciences measured the quake at 5.7, downgrading it from 6.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey pegged it at 5.6.
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Mud houses were flattened or damaged as survivors crouched outside for safety, as the sirens of emergency vehicles wailed.
The quake was felt as far away as India’s capital New Delhi, nearly 500 km from the epicentre, 42 km south of Jumla.
The district hospital was packed with residents bringing in injured victims.
Nearly 9,000 people died and more than 22,000 were injured in 2015 when a 7.8-magnitude quake struck Nepal, destroying more than half a million homes.
