Deadly quake strikes Nepal, toppling homes and killing at least 129 people

At least 129 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday and toppled multiple buildings as officials warned that the death toll could rise. The quake measured magnitude 5.6 according to the United States Geological Survey and hit some 42 kilometers from Jumla, Nepal, in Karnali province. It struck at a comparatively shallow depth of 18 kilometers and the tremors could be felt as far away as India’s capital New Delhi.

Officials told Reuters that they feared casualties would rise in Friday’s quake because they had not been able to establish contact in the hilly area near the epicenter, some 500 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu, where tremors were also felt. “The number of injured could be in the hundreds and the deaths could go up as well,” Jajarkot district official Harish Chandra Sharma told Reuters by phone. “Many houses have collapsed, many others have developed cracks.

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