An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck western belt of Nepal this morning.

The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center informed that it recorded the magnitude 4.3 earthquake having its epicenter at Batulasain of Achham district at 6:33am.

Earlier, on March 8, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the country. It had the epicenter at Khungkhani area of Baglung district.