GAUHATI: A strong earthquake vibrated northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday night; slaughter at least nine people, destructive buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal’s capital running into the streets.
The quake, with a beginning magnitude of 6.9, was thought across northeast India counting the capital of New Delhi. It caused at least two aftershocks of magnitude 6.1 and 5.3, Indian seismology official R.S. Dattatreyan said. He alerts more aftershocks were possible.
At slightest four people in India’s Sikkim state were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured, state police Chief Jasbir Singh told The Awamiweb. Nepal’s government said five people died and dozens were injured there.