October 3: At least five persons were reportedly injured in Bajura district of Sudurpaschim Province while two others sustained injuries in Baitadi when an earthquake hit Bajura on Tuesday afternoon.    
The quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Talkot of the district damaged some houses and other physical infrastructures in the district.    
The injured were immediately rushed to the hospital for treatment, said Narayan Pandey, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Bajhang. However, no human casualty has been reported so far in the quake, informed CDO Pandey.    
The injured ones' condition is normal while more details on the extent of damages by the quake are yet to be obtained, according to the CDO.    
He shared that there were reports that some houses in the district headquarters and its surrounding areas were damaged while some were rendered uninhabitable.    
Public office buildings including that of Masta Rural Municipality's ward no-1 were reduced to rubbles by the quake.    
Patients at the District Hospital in Bajhang were provided services outdoor due to the dear of aftershock.    
Sudurpaschim Province Police Office Chief DIG Bharat Bahadur Bohora said that a person returning home from school in Baitadi district was injured by a boulder that fell off a cliff and another one collecting grass also received injury due to quake-triggered landslide.    
He added that no human fatalities were reported so far while the condition of the injured is said to be normal.    
Meanwhile, a huge tremor was experienced in Doti district at 3:07 pm on Tuesday and subsequent aftershocks continue to jolt Doti.    
A tremor measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale with an epicentre in Chainpur was measured by the Earthquake Measurement Centre in Surkhet with its epicentre in Chainpur, Bajhang while another one with 5.3 on Richter scale occurred at Talkot in the district. -- RSS