{"id":26944,"date":"2025-05-23T10:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26944"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:14:18","slug":"twin-quakes-jolt-baitadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26944","title":{"rendered":"Twin quakes jolt Baitadi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BAITADI &#8211;<\/strong> An earthquake has occurred in Baitadi today. The earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 1.48 am, with its epicentre at Khalanga, the district headquarters, said Chintan Timalsina, the Head of the Earthquake Monitoring Centre, Surkhet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was followed by a second earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale at 2.00 am. 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