Two houses damaged due to earthquake in Solukhumbu

Solukhumbu: A house was damaged at Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality and the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality due to the earthquake that occurred this morning.

The two-storey stone-and-mud-walled house of 50-year-old Harka Bahadur Khattri at Deusa Luruwa, Thulung Dudhkoshi-7, suffered damage due to the tremor, police said.

The house roof was made of slate. Similarly, the two-storey stone-and-mud-walled house of Aangima Sherpa at Helajung, Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5 was also damaged due to the earthquake.

The house had a tin roof, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dwarika Prasad Ghimire, said.

According to him, a police team has been dispatched to those places to assess the damage. Chief District Officer Anoj Kumar Ghimire said all the apparatus, including the police, have been kept on standby for possible rescue and relief works. Sagarmatha National Park building develops cracks.

Similarly, the office building of Thame Post of the Sagarmatha National Park at Thametyang, Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5 has developed cracks due to the tremor.

Park Chief Conservation Officer Sushma Rana said the one-storey block made of stone has cracked. Two people had been staying in the house. Meanwhile, a house collapsed due to the earthquake this morning at Kimathanka, Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-1 of Sankhuwasabha district.

The two-storey mud-and-stone house belonged to Tenchhebi Sherpa. It had a tin roof, said Chief District Officer Binod Kumar Khadka.

The earthquake with its epicentre at Dinggye County of Xizang Autonomous Region, China jolted the eastern region of Nepal as well as the federal capital, Kathmandu.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at 6.50 am today.

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