A light earthquake hit Taplejung district on Monday. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre said that it recorded a tremor of local magnitude 4.8 at 4:30 am with its epicenter at Olangchungola in Faktanglung Rural Municipality-7 of the district. The tremor was felt in Taplejung and its adjoining districts.

Faktanglung-7 ward chair Chheten Lama said that no damage has been reported so far in Olangchungola due to the earthquake.

It may be noted that the 5.4 magnitude earthquake had struck the district with its epicenter at Olangchungola on February 9, 2021.