Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi

New Delhi: An earthquake of local magnitude 6.4 occurred on Friday around Ramidanda in Jajarkot district at 23:47 (1802 GMT), Nepal's National Seismological Centre said.

Jajarkot is about 500 km west of the capital Kathmandu. There were no immediate details of any damage.

"This was a big earthquake. We have heard some damage to houses. We are collecting details. So far no reports of human injuries. Police and army have been mobilised," Suresh Sunar, a top official in Jajarkot, told Reuters.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.2, at a depth of 10 km.

The earthquake shook buildings in New Delhi, according to Reuters' witnesses.