Kathmandu: Ani 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal in the early hours of Wednesday. According to ANI the death toll due to the earthquake is at least 6 people. In addition, 5 people were injured and taken to the hospital. Dozens of houses were damaged by landslides at various places across the district due to the strong earthquake. According to Nepal’s National Earthquake Center (NSC), three aftershocks – 2 earthquakes and 1 aftershock – were observed in the far-west region of Nepal. This was the third blow in which people lost their lives after a house collapsed.
The first earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was recorded at 9:07 pm (local time) on Tuesday, followed by the second earthquake of magnitude 4.1 at 9:56 pm (local time).
Earthquake of magnitude: 6.3, on 09-11-2022, at 01:57:24 IST, Latitude: 29.24 & Long: 81.06, Depth: 10 km, Location: Nepal, For more details download BhooKamp app https://t.co/Fu4UaD2vIS @Indiametdept @ndmaindia @Dr_Mishra1966 @moesgoi @OfficeOfDrJS @PMOIndia @DD National pic.twitter.com/n2ORPZEzbP— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) 8 November 2022
Ram Prasad Upadhyay, president of Purbichowki village, said, “A third strong jolt of magnitude 6.6 hit at 2:12 pm local time on Wednesday, killing three people after a house collapsed. Deaths are reported from Gairgaon.” Parishad-03 of Doti district told ANI over phone. Later the police said that the death toll has risen to 6.
Update | Death toll after a house collapsed in Nepal’s Doti district after last night’s earthquake is now at six: Police https://t.co/iibsAfAF9j— ANI (@ANI) 9 November 2022
Tremors were also felt in India’s capital New Delhi and its surrounding areas.
Last earthquake in Nepal
Earlier on October 19, an earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hit Kathmandu. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred 53 km east of Kathmandu at around 2:52 pm. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center (NEMRC), an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck around Martim Birta in Khotang district at 8.13 am on July 31 at 147 km ESE of Kathmandu, Nepal.
The depth of the earthquake was monitored at 10 km in eastern Nepal, which was determined at 27.14 degree north latitude and 86.67 degree east longitude. Earlier in 2015, a high-intensity earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck its capital in central Nepal. Kathmandu and Pokhara city. It is estimated that 8,964 people were killed and 22,000 were injured.
The earthquake, known as the Gorkha earthquake, also shook many cities in northern India; Tremors were also felt in Lahore, Pakistan, Lhasa in Tibet and Dhaka in Bangladesh.
The recent earthquakes in Nepal have caused unprecedented damage to life and property and have necessitated the demand for well-planned policy measures to manage such disasters.
worst earthquake in nepal
Nepal suffered the worst ever recorded earthquake in 1934. It was measured at 8.0 and destroyed the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan. It has been established that the Indian plate is subducting below the Eurasian plate at a rate of 5 cm per year. It is responsible for the formation and rising altitude of the young fold mountains of the Himalayas and also makes the region prone to earthquakes. Disasters like earthquakes can wreak havoc if preparedness is not enough.