风清扬夏未央:Strong quake hits India, Nepal, killing 16

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Strong quake hits India, Nepal, killing 16

(People's Daily Online)

08:36, September 19, 2011

A powerful earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal last night, killing at least 16 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal's capital running outdoors.

The quake, with a magnitude of 6.9, struck at 6:11 pm local time and was felt across northern and eastern India, including the capital city of New Delhi. It triggered at least two aftershocks of magnitude 6.1 and 5.3, Indian seismology official R.S. Dattatreyan said. 

At least five people in the Sikkim state were killed and more than 50 were injured. The northern Indian state of West Bengal reported four deaths, and Bihar state reported two. Nepal's government said five people died and dozens were injured, including two men and a child who were killed when a brick wall toppled outside the British Embassy in Nepal's capital, Katmandu.

Electricity and some phone service were interrupted in the quake-hit area.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered to send troops to help, and summoned the National Disaster Management Authority for an emergency meeting. 

The region has been hit by major earthquakes in the past, including in 1950 and 1897.

In Katmandu, members of parliament who were debating the national budget ran out of the assembly hall into a parking area. They returned 15 minutes later and resumed their session. 

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