Two earthquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring one person, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, authorities said, sending tremors as far away as the Indian capital.
The quakes of magnitude 6.3 and 5.3 in the Himalayan nation’s district of Bajhang set off a landslide that blocked a major highway to the southern plains, interior ministry official Rama Acharya told Reuters.A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Nepal today, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
At leastr 20 people including women were injured who were removed to hospital for treatment. However no casualty was reported
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.
The quake was also felt in parts of India including its capital New Delhi.
One person was injured by a falling object, said Baburam Aryal, the top district official, while some homes in Chainpur, a town in the district, collapsed.
In neighbouring India, people rushed out of houses and office blocks in parts of New Delhi as tremors shook some northern regions, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Police official Dipesh Chaudhary said 17 people - 11 women and six men - were injured and were being treated in hospital. One woman was missing after being engulfed by a landslide triggered by the quake, he said.
One of the injured people was hit by a falling object, said Narayan Pandey, the top district official. Some homes in Chainpur, a town in the district, collapsed.
