At least 128 people lost their lives and dozens of others were injured by the strong earthquake that hit the area on Friday Jajarkot of the west Nepalas officials said today, as several buildings in the area collapsed while the tremor was felt even in New Delhi, neighboring India.

The earthquake occurred at 23:47 (local time, 20:02 Greek time) yesterday with a magnitude of 6.4, according to the National Seismological Center of Nepal. The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.7 degrees, revising it from the 6.2 degrees it had announced earlier. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6.

Officials fear the death toll could rise as communication has not been possible with the mountainous region near the epicenter, about 500km west of the capital Kathmandu, where the tremor was also felt. The region has a population of 190,000 with villages scattered in remote hills.

“The number of injured could be in the hundreds and the death toll could also rise,” he told Reuters by telephone. Haris Chandra SharmaJajarkot district official.

“Many houses have collapsed, many others have cracks. “Thousands of residents spent the night in the cold, in the countryside, because they were too afraid to enter their homes due to the aftershocks,” he said. “I haven’t been able to get in myself either.”

Search and rescue crews have to clear roads closed by landslides caused by the earthquake to reach the affected areas, the police official said. Namaraj Bhattarai.

In 2015, around 9,000 people lost their lives in two earthquakes in this Himalayan country. Then entire cities were leveled while over a million homes were destroyed, at a cost of $6 billion to the economy.