Six dead after earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes Nepal

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal on Wednesday morning, the country’s seismological centre said, with media reporting six people had been killed.
The earthquake was recorded at 2.12 am with its epicentre at Nepal’s Doti drict. The drict also reported six casualties after a house collapsed, as per an ANI report. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) had earlier pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.6.
The quake was centred about 158 km northeast of Pilibhit, a city in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, and occurred at a depth of 10 km, EMSC added.
Media reports after the quake showed that tremors were also felt in India’s capital, New Delhi, and surrounding areas.
Earlier, a 5.7 magnitude tremor was recorded at 9.7 pm and another 4.1 magnitude tremor at 9.56 pm on Tuesday at the same epicentre, according to the Seismological Centre.
(With inputs from PTI)