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Bajura earthquake

Another earthquake shakes Sudurpaschim

The epicentre of the 4.1 tremor is located at Kada area of Bajura in Khaptad Chhededaha rural municipality

Nepal Minute 10/11/2022 at 01:05 PM

https://www.nepalminute.com/uploads/posts/GM-Doti-071668065556.jpg — Photo: Ganesh Bahadur Mouni/RSS

A day after a powerful earthquake hit Doti, another tremor shook a neigbbouring district, Bajura, at 5.13 am on Thursday.

The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center said the epicentre of the tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was located at Kada area in Khaptad Chhededaha rural municipality of Bajura district.

The centre said it was not the aftershock of the Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 but a fresh earthquake. There were no reports of damage or casualty.

Earlier, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake with its epicentre in Khaptad National Park had struck Doti district at 2.12 am on Wednesday.

six people were killed and eight others were injured when a house collapsed at Gairagaun of Purbi Chauki rural municipality of the district. - RSS

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