A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook northwestern Nepal simply earlier than midnight Friday, killing greater than 150 individuals with dozens extra injured
ByThe Related Press
November 4, 2023, 7:47 AM
An earthquake sufferer receives remedy at Bheri hospital in Nepalgunj, Nepal, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. A robust earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officers say greater than 100 persons are lifeless and dozens extra injured as rescuers search mountain villages. (AP Photograph/Niranjan Shrestha)
The Related Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook northwestern Nepal simply earlier than midnight Friday, killing greater than 150 individuals with dozens extra injured. Officers mentioned the dying toll was anticipated to rise as rescuers searched the Himalayan villages the place communication was lower off.
Earthquakes are frequent in mountainous Nepal.
Listed below are a number of the strongest in latest historical past:
— July 29, 1980: At the least 200 die and 1000’s are injured after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal-India border.
— Aug. 20, 1988: The Himalayan nation’s capital is rocked by a 6.9 quake, killing a minimum of 1,000 individuals and injuring 1000’s.
— April 25, 2015: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake kills some 9,000 individuals, the worst in Nepal’s historical past, and damages about 1 million constructions. The earlier deadliest earthquake that struck the area was in 1934 with over 8,000 fatalities.
— Could 12, 2015: One amongst about two dozen aftershocks of the April 25 earthquake kills over 200 individuals and injures greater than 2000.
— Nov. 10, 2022: At the least 6 persons are killed after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocks the mountains of west Nepal.
— Nov. 3, 2023: A 5.6 magnitude quake hits northwestern Nepal, killing greater than 150 and injuring dozens.