Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 strikes Sikkim, tremor felt in neighbouring states; PM takes stock of damage
New Delhi, Apr 05: An Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 near Sikkim-Nepal border on Tuesday. Tremor felt in parts of Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. As per the early inputs, mild earthquake in Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling district felt this evening at 8.50pm.
According to National Center for Seismology the epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 27.23, 88.84 degrees latitude.
As per initial reports, no loss of lives or damages has been so far.
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Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
is
taking
stock
of
the
damage
caused
by
the
earthquake
in
eastern
India
and
has
spoken
to
the
chief
ministers
of
Bihar,
Assam
and
Sikkim,
government
sources
said
on
Monday.
The
quake
occurred
at
8.49
pm
at
a
depth
of
10
km
near
the
India-Bhutan
border.
"PM Narendra Modi is taking stock of the damage due to the earthquake. He is speaking to chief ministers of all 4 affected states and has already spoken to the CMs of Bihar, Assam and Sikkim," the sources said.