An earthquake has occurred in Bajura district at 4.14 am today.
The epicentre of the tremor measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was at Gotri in Jagannanth Rural Municipality in the north-east part of the district, according to the Earthquake Monitoring Station, Surkhet.
In the district headquarters Martadi, people scurried out of homes making noise soon after the tremor.
The people are anxious of aftershocks. Reports of damage and casualties due to the earthquake have not been received until the filing of this news.
Earlier, an earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck Bajhang with Dhamena as its epicenter on December 18.
Nepal lies in a fault zone as the Indian plate is constantly pushing against the Eurasian (Tibetan) plate, resulting in seismic activities in the Himalayan country, said Geographer Ganesh Kumar Jimee.
Jimee further said Nepal lies between the two tectonic plates -- Indian plate and the Eurasian Plate -- and their constant push against each other is creating energy. When the energy gets accumulated and strained, it releases in the form of seismic waves.
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