Strong tremors were felt across North and East India after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale rocked Sikkim on Sunday evening at 6.10 pm. The quake also jolted Bangladesh and Nepal for over a minute.
Five people were reportedly killed in Nepal and one child succummed to his injuries in Gangtok. Extensive damage has been reported from Sikkim, especially in Magan -- 54 km from Gangtok -- which is the epicenter of the quake.
Roads were blocked, power supply affected and mobile phone network was disrupted in the northeast immediately after the earthquake.
Three aftershocks, of magnitude 5.7, 5.1 and 4.6 were also felt in Sikkim, says the India Meteorological Department.
"We call it a strong earthquake on the basis of its magnitude," a Bangladesh met office spokesman told PTI adding that the epicentre of the tremor was in the Indian state Sikkim and according to Pacific Tsunami Warning Center the coordinates were 27.8 north and 88.2 east.
Panic-stricken people came rushing out their homes after they felt the tremors. Windowpanes were shattered in many high-rise residential buildings in Guwahati. Many buildings
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