The Nepal Weekly 
March 4, 2025
A strong earthquake was felt near Kathmandu early morning on Friday. An earthquake measuring 6.1 Magnitude in Richter scale was recorded at 2.51 am with its epicentre located at Bhairabkunda, Sindhupalchowk district on February 28, according to National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.
At least four people were injured in Kathmandu and elsewhere, due to the earthquake that hit Sindhupalchowk district Friday early morning. The tremor made many people in Kathmandu come out of their houses in panic. Two people were injured in Kathmandu as they ran here and there in panic after the earthquake.
An inmate of Chautara prison was injured as he tried to escape following the earhquake. An. elderly man was injured in his head in a village of Sindhupalchowk as he tried to exit from the gate of his house after the earthquake.
Some houses in Sindhupalchowk district developed crakes after the tremor hit the district. Besides Kathmandu valley the earthquake was felt also by people in the southern and eastern Nepal, according to officials.
