A tremor was felt in and around Kathmandu Valley this morning following a 5.0-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Dingze, China – which is 18-km away from the northern border of Nepal.

The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center said that  the earthquake occurred at 4.05 this morning. 

It may be noted that Nepal's Jajarkot district has experienced a series of earthquakes lately. 

According to the Center, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred at Paink in Kushe Rural Municipality, Jajarkot at 4:53 am on Tuesday.