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Quake jolts northeast, dozens of houses
collapsed
Sunday September 18, 2011 07:36:57 PM,
IANS
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Gangtok:
At least a dozen houses collapsed in this Sikkim capital Sunday
due to a 6.8 earthquake which jolted large parts of eastern and
northern India, witnesses said.
"At least a dozen houses have collapsed. There could be injuries
to people as well but phone lines are down," journalist Prakash
Adhikari said.
The damage could be more severe on the outskirts of Sikkim as the
quake's epicentre was on the Sikkim-Nepal border region.
In Assam's major city Guwahati, people panicked and ran out on the
streets after the quake shook their houses.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the quake struck
at 6.11 p.m.
Seismologists consider the Indian northeast to be the sixth most
earthquake-prone belt in the world.
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