Nepal shaken by twin earthquakes, tremors felt in Himalayan highlands

Nepal was shaken by twin earthquakes during the intervening night between April 27 and April 28. According to reports, two earthquakes of magnitudes 4.8 and 5.9 on the Richter Scale were felt overnight. The epicentre of the earthquake was Bajura's Dahakot. The place is around 800 km northwest of Kathmandu.

"First earthquake struck at 11:58 PM (local time) measuring 4.9 magnitude while at 1:30 (local time) another measuring 5.9 magnitude has been recorded," Rajesh Sharma an official at Seismological Center in Surkhet District of Nepal was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.

Officials of the District Police Office Bajura said that people had to run out of the house when the earthquake rattled the ground. Adjoining districts of Bajura in Western Nepal also witnessed the shaking of grounds.

"We are ascertaining the impact of the earthquake," the District Police Office Bajura confirmed.

The Western region of Nepal has been recording earthquakes in recent months. The area remained stable for a long time. Earlier, the earthquake in the area had claimed the lives of six people.

Bajura, a hilly and treacherous geographical district of Nepal lies some 850 Kilometers far from the capital Kathmandu.