4.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Eastern Nepal, no damage reported | World News

An earthquake of 4.4 magnitude struck Eastern Nepal, officials have said.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the tremor of 4.4 magnitude hit Sankhuwasabha drict at 11:15 pm on Friday with its epicentre located at Maghang area.
The earthquake was also felt in several dricts in Eastern Nepal, though there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.
Nepal, which lies in a high seismic risk zone, frequently experiences earthquakes. In April 2015, a devastating 7.8-magnitude quake killed nearly 9,000 people and damaged over half-a-million houses across the Himalayan nation.