NEW DELHI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit Pakistan early morning on Friday. The depth of the earthquake was 10km.
The tremors were felt at 5.14 IST today.
Earlier on Friday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal's Sindhupalchok district near Bhairab Kunda. Tremors were felt across the Himalayan region and parts of Bihar in India at 2:35 am.
Different seismological centers reported varying magnitudes for the earthquake. The German Research Centre for Geosciences measured it at 5.6, while India's National Centre for Seismology recorded it at 5.5.
The tremors were particularly noticeable in Patna and surrounding areas of Bihar, though it remained unclear whether multiple quakes had occurred in the region.
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