KATHMANDU, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people sustained minor injuries in an earthquake that rattled parts of Nepal on Tuesday morning, the Nepal Police said.
Two houses collapsed and 12 others were partially damaged in the tremor which hit nine districts of Nepal, the national police said in a statement.
Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center put the magnitude of the quake at 5.3, which was also felt in the Kathmandu Valley.
"There is no report of serious effect of the earthquake so far," Bishwa Adhikari, the Nepal Police spokesperson, told Xinhua.
"As most affected districts are remote, we are still collecting the information about the loss," he noted. ■
