Lagatar24 Desk
Kathmandu, July 31: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck Nepal on Sunday morning.
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake struck Nepal at 8:13 a.m. IST near Martim Birta in the Khotang district, 147 kilometres to the east-southeast of Kathmandu (NEMRC).
The epicentre’s depth was observed at a distance of 10 km in eastern Nepal, where it was found to be at a latitude and longitude of 27.14 degrees North and 86.67 degrees East.
As of now, no injuries or damages have been recorded.
The recent earthquakes in Nepal, which have resulted in the unparalleled loss of life and destruction of property, have made it necessary to develop well-thought-out policy measures to deal with such a disaster.
Earlier, on April 25, 2015, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale struck central Nepal between Kathmandu, the country’s capital, and Pokhara. 8,964 people are thought to have died and close to 22,000 injured, according to estimates.
