Earthquake hits Nepal, injures six

Residents gather outside a damaged house in Lamjung district. Pic/AFP

A 5.8-magnitute earthquake struck Nepal's western Lamjung district on Wednesday, injuring at least six people and damaging dozens of houses, officials said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 5:42 am (05:27 IST), was located at Marshyangdi Rural Municipality of the district, 200 km west of Kathmandu. The 5.8-magnitude quake damaged around two dozen houses and left six people injured, The Kathmandu Post reported.

According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, two tremors of magnitudes 4.0 and 5.3 were also recorded in the district later at 8:16 am and 8:26 am. The report said that around 20 small tremors have been felt until 10 am since the first quake hit the district.

Altogether, four earthquakes from mild to moderate hit Lamjung. They were known as the aftershocks of the devastating 2015 earthquake that hit Gorkha district. Lumjung is 75 km west of Gorkha. According to Inspector Jagdish Regmi of the District Police Office, six people have been injured in the quake.

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