A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Jajarkot District, Karnali Province, Nepal, at 23:47 NPT (18:02 UTC) on 3 November 2023, [2] killing 153 people and injuring at least 375. [3][4][5][6] The earthquake was widely felt in western Nepal and northern India, and is the deadliest to strike the country since 2015. [7] Plate tectonics of South Asia.