KATHMANDU: An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Nepal Wednesday morning, killing six people. Six were found dead after a house collapsed from the quake in Doti of Nepal.The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) had earlier pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.6.The quake was centered about 158 km (98 miles) northeast of Pilibhit, a city in the neighbouring Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and occurred at a depth of 10 km.Strong tremors at a magnitude of 6.3 were felt in Delhi and adjoining cities around 2 am after the quake struck in Nepal, prompting many to rush out of their houses in the middle of the night. The tremors lasted for nearly 10 seconds and were reported from Noida and Gurugram as well.
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