GANGTOK: A powerful earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude hit Sikkim and several areas in the eastern part of the country and neighbouring Nepal, leaving 18 dead and over 100 injured besides causing extensive damage to buildings and roads.
The epicentre of the quake - the biggest in two decades - was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 km from Gangtok on the Sikkim-Nepal border.
Seven persons were killed in Sikkim -- two at Singtham in east district, two in Rishi in west district and one at Mangan in north district, chief secretary Karma Gyatso said.
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