NEPAL EARTHQUAKE –
THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NORTH- WESTERN NEPAL ON 3 RD NOVEMBER AT 11:32 PM .
The epicentre was located at Jajarkot, which is roughly 250 miles northeast of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center.
DEATH TOLL- So far, 157 people have been killed and around 200 have been injured in Jajarkot and Rukum.
Strong tremors were felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi.
nepal earhquake (2015)
Notably, the mountainous country is often hit by tremors, with the last major incident occurring in 2015 and killing 9,000 people. Local historical sites and temples were destroyed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, besides entire towns and over a million houses being razed to the ground, Reuters reported. The event cost the Nepal economy $6 billion, it added.
The deadliest earthquake prior to 2015 occurred in 1934, claiming the lives of at least 8,519 people in Nepal and causing additional casualties in India.
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