Sikkim/Nepal earthquake near Kanchenjunga

 

 

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Date / time

Magnitude

September 18, 2011 / 18:25

6.9

 

Taplejung District in the Mechi Zone, Nepal, was hit by a 6.9 earthquake on Sunday evening, September 18, 2011

The quake was felt in almost all of Nepal.

 

News Items:

- Nine villages still inaccessible (Sept 21)

- No trace of 120 people at a North Sikkim village (Sept 21)

- Scores of bodies found in rubble near Mangan in Sikkim (Sept 21)

- Geologists say quake is unusual and doesn't lower the chance of a huge earthquake (Sept 20)

- Death toll at 81 for quake in India‚ Nepal‚ Tibet (Sept 20)

- Himalayan quake rescuers blast route to epicentre (Sept 20)

- Earthquake damages 85 houses in Sindhupalchowk (Sept 20)

- Quake victims get Rs. 25 k  relief (Sept 19)

- British Embassy says sorry for collapse of embassy compound wall (Sept 19)

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