Light illuminates a street between the cluster of residential buildings in Kathmandu, Nepal November 8, 2022.
"Rescue and search teams have to clear roads blocked by dry landslides due to the earthquake to reach the affected areas," Bhattarai said.
At least 20 people were rushed to hospital with injuries, Jajarkot district official Suresh Sunar told Reuters by phone.
Nepal's National Seismological Centre said the quake occurred at 11:47 p.m. (1802 GMT) in Jajarkot district of Karnali province.
The earthquake shook buildings as far as New Delhi, about 600 km (375 miles) away, according to Reuters witnesses.
Persons:
Navesh, Harish Chandra Sharma, Namaraj Bhattarai, Bhattarai, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Jajarkot, Suresh Sunar, Santosh Rokka, Aditya Kalra, Gopal Sharma, Shivam Patel, Gnaneshwar Rajan, Jahnavi, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman, David Gregorio, Sandra Maler
Organizations:
REUTERS, Seismological Centre, German Research Centre, Geosciences, U.S . Geological Survey, Twitter, Reuters, Nepal's, Thomson
Locations:
Kathmandu, Nepal, Jajarkot, New Delhi, India, Rukum West, Jajarkot district, Karnali province