Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Strikes Nepal, Tremors Felt In Delhi

On Wednesday morning, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal

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causing tremors to be felt all the way to Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Lucknow in northern India.

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A house collapse in the Doti district of Nepal claimed the lives of at least six people.

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At 1.57 a.m. local time, according to the National Centre for Seismology

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an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale began in Nepal.

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The earthquakes began 90 kilometres south-east of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand

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