Friday’s quake damaged around 8,000 houses in Jajarkot and Rukum West

As per the home ministry’s initial estimates, around 3,000 houses were fully and 5,000 were partially damaged.

The deadly earthquake on Friday night damaged around 8,000 houses—both public and private—besides killing at least 157 people in Jajarkot and Rukum West districts in western Nepal, officials said.