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Nepal: At least 18 people killed, dozens injured in structure collapses triggered by earthquake in Jajarkot District

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Nepal: At least 18 people killed, dozens injured in structure collapses triggered by earthquake in Jajarkot District
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Nagirik News
11/3/2023
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At least 18 people have died in the earthquake that hit Jajarkot in western Nepal on Friday night. Senior Superintendent of Police Gopal Chandra Bhattarai, spokesperson of Karnali Province Police Office, has confirmed this. According to him, so far 11 people have died in Rukum and 7 people have died in Jajarkot. So far, 11 people have died in Rukum and 7 people have died in Jajarkot. More details about the incident continue to come in," he told Citizen News. According to Rukum police chief DSP Namraj Bhattarai, 10 people including 6 people from the same house have died in Athaviskot. Similarly, some houses have been destroyed in Jajarkot's Khalanga. Bheri Municipal Mayor CP Gharti informed that the number of injured in Jajarkot is high. He said that they are engaged in rescue. Details of more human and physical damage from the earthquake continue to come in. Earthquakes have been happening continuously for some time now with the epicenter in different places of western Nepal. At 11:47 PM on Friday night, an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale occurred with the epicenter at Ramidanda in Jajarkot, according to the National Earthquake Measurement Center of the Department of Mines and Geology. The shock of the earthquake was felt as far as New Delhi, Indian media reported.

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