KATHMANDU, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three earthquakes above magnitude 4, jolted Dhading district this morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city.
One temblor of magnitude 6.1 struck at 7:39 a.m. local time, said Lok Bijay Adhikari, from Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC).
The quakes have left a few houses damaged in Dhading, but no casualties have been reported yet, Assistant Chief District Officer, Hum Nath Parajuli told Xinhua.
A total of 58 temblors have hit Nepal this year, varying in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.3, according to the NEMRC.– NNN-XINHUA
