15 people were killed after an earthquake of 6.8 on Richter Scale hit Sikkim
A powerful earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude jolted Sikkim and several areas of northeast and neighbouring Nepal today leaving at least 15 persons dead and over 100 injured besides causing extensive damage to several buildings.
The epicentre of the quake - the biggest in two decades - was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 km from Gangtok on Sikkim-Nepal border.
Five persons were killed in Sikkim - two at Singtham (East), two in Rishi (West) and one in Mangan (North) as the government sought Army's asistance in reaching help to the affected, state Chief Secretary Karma Gyatso told media here.
Three persons were killed in Siliguri and adjoining Jalpaiuri in west Bengal while two others-a five-year-old girl in Nalanda and a youth in Darbhanga-lost their lives in Bihar.
At least five people were killed in Nepal, three of them outside the British Embassy for more details....
The epicentre of the quake - the biggest in two decades - was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 km from Gangtok on Sikkim-Nepal border.
Five persons were killed in Sikkim - two at Singtham (East), two in Rishi (West) and one in Mangan (North) as the government sought Army's asistance in reaching help to the affected, state Chief Secretary Karma Gyatso told media here.
Three persons were killed in Siliguri and adjoining Jalpaiuri in west Bengal while two others-a five-year-old girl in Nalanda and a youth in Darbhanga-lost their lives in Bihar.
At least five people were killed in Nepal, three of them outside the British Embassy for more details....
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