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The National Seismological Center recorded two earthquakes Thursday night in western Nepal and no casualties were recorded until morning.
According to the Surkhet District Seismological Center in the western region of Nepal, two earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 and 5.9 were recorded, with their epicenter in Dahakot in Bagura overnight.
“The first quake occurred at 11:58 pm (local time) with a magnitude of 4.9 while another with a magnitude of 5.9 was registered at 1:30 (local time),” Rajesh Sharma, an official at Seismological Center in Surkhet District, Nepal, told ANI. According to the Bagora District Police Office, local residents had to get out of their homes when the earthquake shook the ground. The neighboring areas of Bagura in western Nepal also witnessed landslides.
“We are ascertaining the impact of the earthquake,” the Bajaura district police office confirmed.
The long stable western region of Nepal has been reporting earthquakes in recent months. The earthquake that hit the region had earlier claimed the lives of six people.
Bagura, a mountainous and treacherous geography of Nepal, is located 850 kilometers from the capital, Kathmandu.
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