Earthquake News Live Updates: The tremors were also felt in Delhi
Nepal Earthquake Live Update:
At least 157 people were killed and more than 160 injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal late Friday. The tremors of the powerful earthquake in Nepal were felt as far away as Delhi, with the epicentre being recorded near Jajarkot’s Ramidanda.
Jajarkot and Rukum were the two districts hit worst by the earthquake.
“Ninety-two people died in Jajarkot and 40 in Rukum,” home ministry spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai told the news agency AFP.
Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel are currently mobilized to carry out rescue and relief operations.
Here are the live updates on the Nepal earthquake:
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A 4.2-magnitude tremor was recorded in Nepal on Saturday, a day after the Himalayan nation’s worst earthquake in eight years that killed 157 people in the country’s remote mountainous region.
The aftershock was recorded in Jajarkot district at 3:40 PM on Saturday.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring Centre, the aftershock was of 4.2-magnitude and its epicenter was Ramidanda. This tremor was an aftershock of the earthquake that occurred on Friday night.
Nepal on Friday was jolted after an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck the Jajarkot district, about 500km west of Kathmandu. It was recorded at 11:47 p.m.
At least 157 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck Nepal and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Himalayan nation’s remote mountainous region, officials said on Saturday.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with an epicentre in Jajarkot district, about 500km west of Kathmandu, was recorded at 11:47 pm on Friday.
Earthquakes that hit Nepal have an impact on the Gangetic plains because the soft soil of the region amplifies seismic energy originating from the Himalayan belt, seismologists said.
On Friday night, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 jolted Nepal sending waves of tremors across north India, including in Delhi-NCR. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) had said the epicentre of the earthquake, which struck around 11.30 pm, was in Nepal, about 227 km north of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and 331 km west northwest of Kathmandu.
It has claimed at least 143 lives and injured more than 150 in the Himalayan nation, and is the worst since 2015.
While seismologists warned that consecutive earthquakes are foretelling bigger seismic shocks in the western Nepal Himalayan region, an examination of the preliminary reports published by the NCS paint a geographical picture of the parts of India that experience these Nepal quakes and hence, are susceptible to them.
Even as search and rescue operations continued in the mountainous Jajarkot district in western Nepal hit by a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday night, authorities shifted scores of injured persons to multiple hospitals in the foothills and some of them may be airlifted to India.
At least 143 people were killed and over 150 others injured when the Friday night earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck western Nepal’s remote areas destroying hundreds of houses in the Himalayan country.
🚨#Alert#Emergency Contact Number for Indians requiring assistance due to the recent earthquake in Nepal:
+977-9851316807@MEAIndia– IndiaInNepal (@IndiaInNepal) November 4, 2023
Nepal Home Ministry spokesman Narayan Prasad Bhattarai says, “Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister held a meeting in Kathmandu over the earthquake that hit the country. A few decisions were taken in the meeting. Decisions were also made to resume the electricity supply and… pic.twitter.com/rzBwQvIWEj
– ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2023
At least 140 people were killed and several others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal just before midnight on Friday, destroying hundreds of houses in the Himalayan country’s remote mountainous region in the most devastating tremor since 2015.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with an epicentre in Jajarkot district, about 500km west of Kathmandu, was recorded at 11:47 pm.
It is the most devastating earthquake in the country since the 2015 earthquake that killed around 9,000 people in the country and injured more than 22,000 people.
The death count in Nepal earthquake has increased to 132, the news agency AFP reported citing officials. Jajarkot and Rukum were the two districts hit worst by the earthquake.
“Ninety-two people died in Jajarkot and 40 in Rukum,” home ministry spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai told AFP.
Emergency contact number for Indians requiring assistance due to the earthquake in Nepal: +977-9851316807.
Sarita Singh, deputy head of the Nalgarh municipality in Jajarkot was killed in the quake, officials said.
Strong tremors were felt in several districts of Bihar as an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck neighbouring Nepal on Friday. The tremors were felt in Patna, Katihar, Motihari and few other districts along the India-Nepal border, officials said.
However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported in the state.
Visuals from earthquake-hit Jajarkot show houses and buildings collapsed in the area.
Nepal Earthquake | Visuals from Jajarkot that has been ravaged by the earthquake that struck last night.
Bheri Hospital, Kohalpur Medical College, Nepalgunj military hospital and Police Hospital have been made dedicated hospital for the earthquake-affected. All heli-operators… pic.twitter.com/odRG4vkBwE
– ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he is “deeply saddened” by loss of lives and damage due to the earthquake in Nepal.
“India stands in solidarity with the people of Nepal and is ready to extend all possible assistance. Our thoughts are with the bereaved families and we wish the injured a quick recovery,” he said in a tweet.
Deeply saddened by loss of lives and damage due to the earthquake in Nepal. India stands in solidarity with the people of Nepal and is ready to extend all possible assistance. Our thoughts are with the bereaved families and we wish the injured a quick recovery. @cmprachanda
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 4, 2023
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has left for the earthquake-affected areas with a medical team.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ leaves for earthquake-affected areas of the country.
(Pics Source: Nepal officials) pic.twitter.com/fgxK2Ttep6
– ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2023
People are seen at a corridor of the Jajarkot district hospital in the aftermath of an earthquake in Nepal. (Picture credits: AFP)
A motorcycle and broken windows are seen in the midst of the rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in Nepal. (Picture credits: AFP)
The death count in Nepal earthquake has jumped to 128, the news agency PTI reported.
More than 140 people have also sustained injuries in Jajarkot and Rukum districts.
Jajarkot district chief Suresh Sunar said that the death count in Nepal earthquake may “rise”.
“It is still night and it is difficult to get all the information,” he told the news agency AFP.
Earthquakes are a regular occurrence in Nepal as it lies on a major geological faultline where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the Eurasian plate, forming the Himalayas.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed grief over the human and material damage caused by the powerful earthquake in the country.
“Honorable Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has expressed his deep sorrow over the human and material damage caused by the earthquake at Ramidanda in Jajarkot at 11:47 on Friday night and has mobilized all 3 security agencies for the immediate rescue and relief of the injured,” the Nepal PMO posted on X, formerly Twitter.
At least 34 people had been killed in the Jajarkot district while at least 35 deaths had been reported in neighbouring Rukum West district after a powerful earthquake hit Nepal.
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