{"id":27531,"date":"2025-09-02T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=27531"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:11:50","slug":"earthquake-jolts-gorkha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=27531","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake jolts Gorkha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong>  An earthquake struck Gorkha district at 6:15 am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre stated that the epicentre of the earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale was at Hansapur of Ajirkot Rural Municipality-3 in the district of Gorkha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier on August 17, an earthquake of 4 on the Richter scale had occurred with its epicenter in Helamcho area of Ramechhap district. Nepal has witnessed minor jolts quite often in recent years. 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