Officials say death toll is expected to rise after magnitude 6.4 quake strikes Nepal's mountainous northwest, killing at least 37 people.
An earthquake shook northwestern Nepal districts, and officials said at least 37 people were dead and dozens more injured as rescuers searched the mountainous villages. Officials said early Saturday that the toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many villages. The earthquake killed at least 20 people in Rukum district, where numerous houses collapsed, police official Narvaraj Bhattarai said over the telephone.
Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center measured the earthquake at 6.4 magnitude and said its epicenter was at Jajarkot, which is about 250 miles northeast of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. The U.S. Geological Survey had initially said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and occurred at a depth of 11.1 miles. The quake struck just before midnight when many people already were asleep in their homes. Tremors also were felt in India's capital, New Delhi.
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