Nepal: Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits west of Kathmandu; tremors felt across 6 districts

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on Richter scale shook parts of Nepal's capital Kathmandu in early hours of Thursday, National Center for Seismology reported. quake struck about 161 km West-rthwest of Kathmandu at a depth of 66 km. re were immediate reports of dam or death.

Shortly after, two mild earthquakes measuring below 5.0 magnitude hit Central Nepal early on Thursday morning, national seismological center anunced.

As per readings from center, an earthquake measuring 4.9 magnitudes struck Kaski District of Nepal and surrounding areas at around 3:56 AM (NST). epicenter of that quake lay at Dhampus of Machhapurchhare Rural Municipality-7 in Kaski district. Shockwaves from quake were felt in Baglung, Parbat, Myagdi and Tanahun districts.

Hours later, ar mild tremor measuring 4.1 was also recorded by National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center which had epicenter at Thumi of Gorkha District at 7:22 AM (NST).

reports of dams or casualties have been reported so far.

This comes after a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Himalayan nation in 2015, killing nearly 9,000 people and injuring more than 22,000. It was deadliest in a seismically active region in nearly 90 years. quake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks and Nepal was hit by ar 7.3 magnitude tremor about 17 days later. Hundreds and thousands of people were plunged into poverty in over 14 worst-hit districts.

Massive earthquake in Afghanistan kills nearly 1,000

On Wednesday, a massive tremor of 6.1 magnitude rocked parts of densely populated Afghanistan and Pakistan. At least 1,000 people have been killed, and 1,500 ors are injured after a major 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Afghanistan overnight at around 1.30 a.m. local time, country’s state-run media reported. As rescue teams searched through rubble of levelled homes to find survivors, death toll is expected to rise.

death toll is significantly higher in Paktika province where homes collapsed on sleeping families and roofs tattered on unsuspecting residents who barely had time to run for cover in middle of night.

Or parts majorly impacted were Giyan, Nika, Barmal, and Zirok, according to Afghanistan’s State Ministry for Disaster Manment. " timing of earthquake (in ) dark of night ... and shallow depth of 10 kilometers of its epicenter led to higher casualties," disaster manment authority reportedly said.

UNICEF expressed condolence and said thousand of children are w at grave risk in Afghanistan. In a statement, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said though exact number of deaths and injuries is yet to be confirmed by Talibani regime, it was expected that thousands of children have become homeless and are at greater risk.

(Im: AP (representative)