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Earthquake in Nepal
A magnitude 6.4M earthquake struck Karnali Province in western Nepal at around 11.47 p.m. local time (UTC 6.02 p.m.) on 3 November 2023, with several aftershocks occurring.
The epicentre was in Ramidanda in Jajarkot District, some 65 kilometres northeast of Surkhet, the capital city of Karnali Province. Tremors have been felt in the adjacent Sudurpashchim and Lumbini provinces as well as other parts of Nepal, and reportedly as far away as Delhi, India.
Initial information indicates that some 133 people were killed across Karnali Province, including reportedly 95 people in Jajarkot and 38 people in Western Rukum. Several hundred more people have reportedly been injured.
Another magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Nepal on Monday 6 November 2023 followed by another slightly weaker tremor, injuring more people, just three days after the first one, the country's worst quake since 2015.
Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts.
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Type of Event: | Earthquake |
Location of Event: | Nepal |
Date of Charter Activation: | 2023-11-04 |
Time of Charter Activation: | 21:40 |
Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+07:00 |
Charter Requestor: | UNITAR on behalf of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok |
Activation ID: | 848 |
Project Management: | Suwanan Sateiandee (UNOSAT) |
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Preliminary Satellite Derived Damage Assessment over the Kuse, Barekot and Bheri Municipalities, Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, Nepal
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Preliminary Satellite Derived Damage Assessment of the Jajarkot Earthquakes, Karnali Province, Nepal
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