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An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Bajura district on Thursday. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center said the epicenter of the tremor was recorded at Kada area in Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality of Bajura district at 5:13 am today. The Center stated that this is not the aftershock of the Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 but a fresh earthquake. Before this, an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Khaptad National Park had struck Doti district at 2.12 am on Wednesday. Six people were killed and eight others were injured when a house collapsed at Gairagaun of Purbi Chauki Rural Municipality of the district.

Two persons died when a truck hit a scooter at Basundhara in Kathmandu on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Bel Bahadur Rana Magar (47) and Kalpana Rana Magar (47) of Pokhara Metropolitan City-9, Kaski. The truck (Na 8 Kha 1841) heading towards Basundhara from Narayangopal Chowk hit the scooter (Bagmati Province 02-032 Pa 2227) last night. SP Rajendra Prasad Bhatta, spokesperson at the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office, said that the duo, who were critically injured in the incident, breathed their last during the course of treatment at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Bhatta said that the incident occurred due to overspeeding. Police said that they have taken truck driver Ram Hamal (25) of Chitwan for investigation.    

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has condoled the death of six persons in the Doti earthquake and expressed his deep sympathy to the bereaved family. An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in the Khaptad National Park in Doti hit the area at 2.12 am today. PM Deuba has instructed the agencies concerned to be mobilized in rescue and relief works in the affected areas and manage appropriate treatment for the people injured in the disaster. "I pay tribute to those killed in the earthquake with its epicenter in the Khaptad area of the far western region and extend deep condolences to their family members," PM Deuba stated in his social site. Six persons, including three of a same family, died when a house collapsed due to the tremor at Gairagaun, Purbi Chauki Rural Municipality-3 in Doti district.  

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has directed the home administration and security agencies to make arrangements to take the people injured in the Doti earthquake to the hospital for treatment. He also directed the home administration to arrange a helicopter if needed to take the injured to the hospital. The Home Minister also directed Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh, Joint Secretary Phanindra Mani Pokharel, Chief of the Security Coordination Division at the Ministry, Disaster Division and Security Agency to immediately rescue the injured and provide relief to the affected people. At least six persons died and five others were injured when an earthquake struck Doti in far western Nepal on Wednesday. Police identified the deceased as Prem Bohara (50), his daughter Tulsi Bohara (14), Bhagwati Bohara (40), her son Harka Bohara (8) and daughter Sita Bohara (13) and Dhansari Bohara (14). Similarly, the injured have been identified as Isharadevi Bohara, Dhauli Bohara, Bishra Bohara, Chanadevi Bohara, Mahabir Bohara, Keshav Singh Bohara and Jagudevi Bohara. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, the 6.6 ML quake with its epicenter around Khaptad National Park in Doti district, was recorded at 2:12 am today. Dozens of houses collapsed and a large number were damaged in the earthquake, DSP Bhola Bhatta, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Doti said. He said that six people died when a house collapsed at Gairagaun in Purnachauki Rural Municipality-3 and one is yet to be rescued. DSP Bhatta said that the five persons, who were injured in the incident, have been sent to the hospital for treatment. Police said that Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army personnel have already reached the incident site and are carrying out rescue operations with the help of locals. Teacher Meena Raj Ojha said that almost all the houses of the locals collapsed in the earthquake. Earlier on Tuesday, an earthquake measuring 5. 7 on the Richter scale shook Dipayal.