(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck north of Nepal’s Kathmandu on Friday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.
The earthquake struck around Bhairab Kunda of the Sindhupalchok District in Nepal.
The German Research Center for Geosciences placed the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.6, and the depth at 10 km (6.21 miles).
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake.
“It shook us from our sleep strongly,” Ganesh Nepali, a senior official of Sindhupalchok district, told Reuters. “We rushed out of home. People have now returned back to homes. We have not received any report of damage or injuries so far.”
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Chandni Shah and Kritika Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
