(MENAFN) According to officials, more than six people died and many others wounded after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the Himalayan nation of Nepal.
As said by police officials, Doti region in western Nepal was destroyed.
Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center stated a tremor with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the area around Khaptad Baba Ashram in Doti District at 02:12 AM local time.
Nepal Police Spokesman Tek Prasad Rai updated Anadolu Agency that six people had been killed and said the death toll might carry on increasing.
"There are a few people injured. Houses have suffered damage as well," he added. "A rescue operation is going on in the area."
Monika Jha, a top official at Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, noted there was a pre-shock and aftershock too.
"We are in high alert, as there is a huge seismic gap in the western part of Nepal Himalaya," she informed Anadolu Agency.
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