Nepal earthquake kills at least 128, toll could rise, officials say

FILE PHOTO: Light illuminates a street between the cluster of residential buildings in Kathmandu, Nepal November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as New Delhi in neighbouring India shook.

The quake occurred at 11:47 p.m. (1802 GMT) on Friday with a magnitude 6.4, Nepal's National Seismological Centre said. The German Research Centre for Geosciences measured the quake at 5.7, downgrading it from 6.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey pegged it at 5.6.