Magnitude 6.8 - SIKKIM, INDIA
| Magnitude | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Location | 27.730°N, 88.082°E |
| Depth | 20.7 km (12.9 miles) |
| Region | SIKKIM, INDIA |
| Distances | 68 km (42 miles) NW of Gangtok, Sikkim, India 119 km (73 miles) NNW of Shiliguri, West Bengal, India 272 km (169 miles) E of KATHMANDU, Nepal 572 km (355 miles) N of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 14.4 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Sikkim at 6:17pm, sunday evening. No details of any casualties or destruction have been ascertained as of now.
Initial reports from Sikkim indicate that the quake caused violent shuddering, panicing the residents. Telephone and electricity services have gone down.
The earthquake caused tremors to be felt all across North India, causing building to shake as far away as Kolkata. The quake also led to evacuations in Patna and New Delhi.
The earthquake occurred ten kilometres under the Earth and It's epicenter was 64 kilometers away from Gangkot.
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