Kathmandu, September 18, 2011: It has been reported that Nepal was hit by a 6.8 on Richter scale earthquake which resulted in 5 dead and more than 44 injured in different parts of Nepal at 6:25 PM here on Sunday evening. 3 pedestrians including Sajan Shrestha 36, his eight-year-old daughter Anisha and Bir Bahadur Majhi, were killed due to collapse of the wall of the British embassy at Lainchaur, other two people were killed in Dharan due to the earthquake where the epicenter of the earth quake has been assumed to be along the eastern Nepal-India border.
It has been reported that the earthquake destroyed around 58 houses across the nation with 10 in the capital, stated the home ministry.