On early Friday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, with tremors felt in Bihar, Siliguri, and other neighbouring areas in India, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre. The earthquake occurred around 2.36 am in Nepal’s Bagmati Province, about 189 km north of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, according to the National Center for Seismology. The German Research Center for Geosciences placed the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.6, and the depth at 10 km (6.21 miles), while the US Geological Survey pegged it at magnitude 5.5. A moderate earthquake of this magnitude can cause noticeable shaking and structural damage near the epicentre.
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