Earthquake rocks west Nepal

An earthquake hit in the mountains of west Nepal on early hours of Wednesday, killing at least six people and five more injured. The quake was felt as far away as the Indian capital New Delhi, some 400 kilometers west of the epicenter. At least six people were killed when they were crushed in their houses in a remote, sparsely populated mountain village.

U.S. Geological Survey provided preliminary measurements of a 5.6 magnitude with a depth of 15.7 kilometers and its epicenter 21 km east of Dipayal, a municipality of Nepal’s far western Doti district. Nepal’s Prime Minister ordered government officials to provide immediate help to the victims and their families.