A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal’s western Lamjung district on Wednesday, injuring at least six persons and damaging dozens of houses, officials said.

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 5.42am (05.27IST), was located at Marshyangdi Rural Municipality of the district, 200km west of Kathmandu.

The 5.8-magnitude quake damaged around two dozen houses and left six people injured, The Kathmandu Post reported. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, two tremors of magnitudes 4.0 and 5.3 were also recorded in the district later at 8.16am and 8.26am.