VOA News September 20, 2011
Rescue teams have closed in on the remote epicenter of Sunday's earthquake that killed at least 81 people in northeastern India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet, but many communities remain cut off.
Multiple landslides, fog and heavy rain had prevented many rescue workers from reaching the impact zone. On Tuesday, air force helicopters were able to fly rescue and medical teams into one of the worst affected districts in the Indian state of Sikkim. The sparsely-populated mountainous state felt the full impact of the magnitude 6.9 quake that struck two days ago.
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A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern India and Nepal late Sunday, killing at least 18 people, damaging buildings and causing panic.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Indian state of Sikkim, about 60 kilometers northwest of the state capital, Gangtok. Sikkim's Chief Secretary said mudslides, building collapses and falling debris killed at least five people in the state and injured more than 50.
Indian authorities also reported quake-related deaths in Bihar and West Bengal states. The tremor was felt in the Indian capital, New Delhi, some 1,000 kilometers away and in the neighboring countries of Bangladesh and Bhutan.
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