5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

KATHMANDU: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale shook Nepal in the early hours on Monday.

According to the

National Centre for Seismology

, a unit of

Ministry of Earth Sciences

, the quake occurred at 5.05am at a depth of 10km.

The epicentre was located at Solukhumbu district near the Everest region, around 150 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal's

National Seismological Center

said. It recorded the intensity of the quake at 5.6.

This was the 475th aftershock, of magnitude 4 and above, of the devastating April 2015 temblor in the quake-prone Himalayan country.

There was no immediate report of any damage or casualty.

The earthquake was also felt in Kathmandu and other parts of central and Eastern Nepal.