KATHMANDU: An earthquake that struck today was detected in the Taplejung area, with its center in Tapethok. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre in Lainchaur reported that the earthquake measured 4.4-magnitude on Tuesday at 10:46 p.m.

Similar to this, another earthquake was detected earlier on June 28 and its epicenter was located in the Sindhupalchowk district in Helambu.