6.1 Magnitude Earthquake in Dading, Nepal... "No Casualties Reported Yet"
![Damage from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred in Nepal on May 12, 2015 [Image source=Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023102215153123918_1697955332.jpg)
Damage from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred in Nepal on May 12, 2015 [Image source=Yonhap News]
View original imageOn the 22nd (local time), a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the Daning area, about 55 km west of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
According to Reuters and Xinhua News Agency, the Nepal Earthquake Center reported that a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck at around 7:39 a.m. local time (10:54 a.m. Korean time) that day.
The epicenter was located 13 km underground. Two additional earthquakes with magnitudes above 4.0 occurred before and after this quake. Due to this, several houses in the Dading area were damaged, but no casualties have been reported yet, Xinhua quoted a local senior official as saying.
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The tremors were also felt in Kathmandu. According to the Nepal Earthquake Center, a total of 58 earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.0 to 6.3 have occurred in Nepal so far this year.
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