Bhutan hit by strong earthquake

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Source: bbc

At least three people have been killed after an earthquake hit Bhutan and neighbouring Himalayan regions.

The 6.3 magnitude quake damaged monasteries and caused homes to collapse in the mountain kingdom.

The tremors also caused panic in the city of Guwahati, the capital of India's north-eastern state of Assam.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8267067.stm

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sad.

al jazeera reports at least 7 dead people for now.

'Ugyen Tenzing, the country's director of disaster management, said rescuers were searching for survivors under the debris of collapsed buildings in the eastern districts of Munggar and Trashigang.

"We now have five confirmed deaths from house collapses in Munggar and two people were killed when a two-storey building collapsed in the neighbouring district of Trashigang," Tenzing said.

"It's hard to determine the extent of the damage at the moment. There is still information coming in."'

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2009/09/2009921131843161266.html

i suppose the figures will be on the increase. we're still licking the wounds here in italy after the april quake.

[diane in sf]

1. They are in unreinforced masonry and stone buildings=a lot of deaths in earthquakes

When we had the 89 quake her around 50 people died--mostly from the collapsing freeway and stuff falling from old masonry buildings. There was one the same magnitude in the ME 6 months later and it killed 10,000.

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2. UPDATE: afp reports at least 10 dead, 3 were indians

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan Monday, killing at least ten people and damaging monasteries and other buildings, state-run media reported.

"Ten people were killed of which three victims are of Indian origin," Bhutan Broadcasting Service, the country's national radio reported Monday night.

source: http://www.france24.com/en/20090921-quake-kills-ten-bhutan-report