5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nepal

KATHMANDU: A powerful earthquake rocked the Kathmandu Valley and neighbouring districts at around 23:34 pm on Friday. The eastern districts, however, did not feel the tremors, according to locals. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 17:49:23 UTC with its epicentre at Western Xizang of China. The epicentre is about 330 km * north of the Nepali capital, and 206 km northeast of Jumla. According to EMSC's website, the depth of the quake was 10 km. The social media sites Facebook and Twitter are flooded with the posts on the midnight earthquake. Some people have written that they felt aftershocks also in Kathmandu. The National Seismological Centre, Nepal is yet to verify the magnitude and the epicentre of the quake.