SURKHET: An earthquake occurred today at 2:25 pm with its epicenter at Ramidanda, Ward No. 1 of Barekot Rural Municipality in Jajarkot.

The earthquake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, said Chintak Timsina, Head of the Earthquake Monitoring Centre in Surkhet.

According to him, this is an aftershock. He informed that tremors were felt in the districts around Jajarkot.