Published: 11:06, October 22, 2023 | Updated: 12:20, October 22, 2023
3 earthquakes jolt district close to Nepal capital
By Reuters

A Nepalese man offers a prayers at a temple which was destroyed in 2015 earthquake at the Pashupatinath Temple premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan 11, 2021. (PHOTO / AP)

KATHMANDU - Three earthquakes above magnitude 4 jolted Dhading district on Sunday morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city.

One temblor of magnitude 6.1 struck at 7:39 a.m. local time, said Lok Bijay Adhikari from Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center (NEMRC).

The quakes have left a few houses damaged in Dhading, but no casualties have been reported yet, Assistant Chief District Officer Hum Nath Parajuli told Xinhua.

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A total of 58 temblors have hit Nepal this year, varying in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.3, according to the NEMRC.