A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck north of Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.
The quake struck near Bhairab Kunda in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk district, close to the Himalayan mountain range that runs along the border with Tibet.
The German Geological Survey measured the quake at 5.6 on the Richter scale and at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), while the United States Geological Survey estimated it at 5.5 on the Richter scale.
Pasang Nurpu Sherpa, chairman of the Bhote Koshi rural municipality, where the epicenter is located, told Reuters: “I have no information about any damage so far. The earthquake caused a landslide across the river at Dugunagadi Bhir. There are no houses around the landslide site.”
Sindhupalchowk district governor Kiran Thapa said: “One prisoner of the district jail broke his arm while trying to run after the earthquake and is now receiving treatment in hospital. There were minor cracks in a building at a police outpost in Kodari.”
“It shook us a lot from our sleep,” Ganesh Nepali, a senior official in Sindhupalchowk district, told Reuters. “We quickly came out of our house. Now people have returned home. So far, we have not received any reports of damage or injuries.”
