KATHMANDU: A fresh earthquake hit Bajura district of Far-Western Nepal at 10:33 am (UTC 4:48 am)  on Saturday morning.

According to National Seismological  Centre (NSC), the earthquake was  of 4.1 local magnitude with its epicenter in a place south of Daugadi and west of Kailashmandau in  Bajura district.

The coordinates of the epicenter are 29.350 North and 81.290 East, informed the NSC.

The last individual earthquake recorded in the region was on  December 19. The earthquake was of local magnitude 5.5 with its epicenter in the same district.