Earthquake of 6.6 strikes Nepal, kills six; Delhi-NCR shaken by strong tremors
Three tremors—two earthquakes and an aftershock—have occurred in Nepal in the previous twenty-four hours, according to the National Seismological Center of Nepal.
According to news agency ANI, landslides caused by three earthquakes in the previous 24 hours in different regions of the Doti district resulted in at least six fatalities and a number of injuries. Around 2 a.m., individuals in Delhi and the NCR area were startled out of their sleep by strong tremors. Three tremors—two earthquakes and an aftershock—have occurred in Nepal in the previous twenty-four hours, according to the National Seismological Center of Nepal.
"Three people died as a result of the third, 6.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred at roughly 2.12 a.m. on Wednesday. Reports of the deaths come from Gairagaun "Doti district's Purbichauki village council-03 chairman, Ram Prasad Upadhyay, spoke to ANI. There have reportedly been dozens of damaged homes in the neighbourhood.
Around 8.52 p.m., the first 4.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal occurred. Around 1.57 am, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 occurred in Nepal; it was felt powerfully in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurugram, and even Lucknow. In Uttarakhand, 90 km to the east-southeast of Pithoragarh, was the location of the second earthquake's epicentre.
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