The highest number of fatalities is currently concentrated in Jajarkot, west of the country, with 95 deaths.
At least 132 people were killed and 185 injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Nepal on Friday evening, an official source said on Saturday. Nepal Army spokesman Krishna Prasad Bhandari has indicated that rescue operations are continuing and that in addition to the 132 deaths, hundreds of houses have also been damaged, which could increase the number of fatalities.
The earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 occurred in the district around midnight JajarkotAccording to Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, the earthquake also severely affected the neighboring West Rukum region. Both areas are characterized by their mountainous character and difficult accessibility by road.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) lowered the magnitude of the earthquake to 5.6.
“We have sent medical teams and search and rescue officials from Kathmandu and Nepalgunj in helicopters,” Bhandari said, indicating that the highest number of fatalities is concentrated in Jajarkot, with 95 deaths.
On April 25 In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, knocking down multi-storey buildings in Kathmandu and causing landslides and avalanches in the mountains. Nearly 9,000 people were killed and more than 22,000 were injured. The catastrophe also left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, and more than seven years after the earthquake, reconstruction work is still not complete.
Source: EITB
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