November 4, 2023
Nepal earthquake kills at least 128, toll may rise
NEPAL: At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a powerful earthquake struck the western Jajarkot region, officials said Saturday, as houses in the region collapsed and buildings as far away as New Delhi in neighboring India were shaken. The quake struck at 11:47 p.m. (1802 GMT) on Friday, with a magnitude of 6.4, according to the Nepal National Seismological Center. The German Geosciences Research Center measured the quake at 5.7, downgraded from 6.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 5.6. The earthquake is the deadliest since 2015, when about 9,000 people were killed


