A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Doti District, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal on 9 November 2022.[4] The earthquake was widely felt in western Nepal and northern India.
Nepal lies in the Himalayas, which were created as a result of the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate, forming the Main Himalayan Thrust.
Earthquakes are common in Nepal. In 1934, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sagarmatha, killing over 10,700 in Nepal and in Bihar, India. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck eastern Nepal in 1988, killing over 700. In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed over 8,900 in central Nepal, many in the capital Kathmandu.
The earthquake was felt by over 42.1 million people across Nepal, India and China.[5] The earthquake occurred as a result of reverse faulting. It was felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, approximately 400 km (250 mi) away.[6]
Six people, including four minors were killed,[7] all of whom died when a house collapsed in Doti District.[8] Twelve others were injured, five of them seriously, 924 houses collapsed and 5,186 others were damaged.[9][10][11][12]
In the city of Rudrapur in the state of Uttarakhand, a young woman was injured while fleeing in panic. In the village of Bhanti in Almora district, cracks appeared in several houses.[13][14] In Shravasti district, in Uttar Pradesh, the quake caused cracks to appear in the floors of a house. Cracks also appeared in several old houses in Bhinga, where power outages occurred.[15]
At 8:12 p.m. local time, the largest aftershock of Mww 5.2 struck near the Bajhang District. Additional damage to previously weakened houses was caused there,[16] and a 66-year old person in the neighboring district of Baitadi died while fleeing his home in panic.[17]
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