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    Strong earthquake hits northeastern India

    NEW DELHI (AP) — A strong earthquake hit northeastern India on Sunday near the border with Nepal and was felt over a broad area, officials said.

    Regional TV station NewsLive reported that 10 to 12 buildings collapsed in Sikkim's state capital of Gangtok.

    It said several people were rushed to a hospital but gave no further details. Calls to city officials, police and hospitals were not going through.

    Indian seismology official R.S. Dattatreyan said the quake struck Sunday evening and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8. It was centered near the border with Nepal, and triggered at least two aftershocks of magnitude 6.1 and 5.3.

    He said more aftershocks were possible.

     

    114 comments

    • J  •  8 mths ago
      Chuck Bigam, I live in the Pa flood area. No help from other countries has been offered as of right now. Fema is saying that they don't have enough $ to help all that had homes destroyed. Honeowners insurances are denying claims because they are saying some of the people who's homes floated away/damaged were not considered in a flood area, so they are not paying. I will be curious to see how much money we send over. I wonder where the gov will get it from?
      • Raymond P 8 mths ago
        Minot ND had the same problem with flooding maybe worse, (if you can compare but bad is bad) and the Government isnt sending money here well very little we send billions to these 3rd world countries to fix themselves and what happens? i ll tell you what happens, the rich over there get richer (meaning for the most part the government officials soak up the money and the poor people still are hurting), I dont mind sending a little bit of aid but our states/cities should be getting the billions in relief NOT India or any other country.
      • funny,that 8 mths ago
        The Republicans are holding it up. We can't afford to help our people because the oil companies and other corporations aren't paying taxes as they make trillions in profits. Taxes are lower on them than in the 50's when they were taxed over 90%, and they made money then. Vote Republican if you want this to continue. Sorry about your flooding, wish I could help, but our Republican governor here in WI just took away any extra money we'd have to send to you.
      • nunyabeeswax 8 mths ago
        the recent give away of dollars to help europe avoid financial disaster tells me that all the economic #$%$ surrounding any vote activity and political party is simply a pacification play ... how's that economy now, uncle sammy?
    • OneTimeTooMany  •  8 mths ago
      Just more Muslims dead that's all.
    • coolie  •  8 mths ago
      what shall I do, if the world ends the next year, my only concern in the world is my lovely by then less than 2 year old son. I would rather die together with my family.
      • Insidious Banana 8 mths ago
        The world will not end in 2012, 2013 or any other year in your lifetime. At the end of 2011 just buy a new calendar. Evidently the Mayans forgot to, or they didn't have a Barnes & Noble.
      • Raymond P 8 mths ago
        i cant believe christians (some of em) believe the world is almost over, readddddd the bible and you will notice a LOT of things have to happen before we are done... and they arent going to happen in a year.
    • ahmed  •  8 mths ago
      If earthquakes doesn`t targets people as some morons proclaim , then why innocent animals , birds and fish have the abity to sense them while human can`t sense them till their homes collapse on their heads ??
      • greg 8 mths ago
        earthquakes do not kill people. falling buildings and exploding gas lines do.
      • ahmed 8 mths ago
        Greg LOL what the hell you`re talikg about kido ? hahahah
    • ahmed  •  8 mths ago
      Indians have more than 1000 gods and yet no one intervened to stop this madness !!!! i`m glad i`m a muslim because the concept of one God ( there no go but Allah) makes all the sense to me than the ( will never be explained "trinity" ) or any other belief for that matter .
      • randy 8 mths ago
        wow your concept is also stupid why does allah not protect your country and people from all the devastations it has faced. #$%$
      • ahmed 8 mths ago
        Randy , all the devastation in Middle East is because of the dictators that the west imposed on those countries ,not Allah , recently the rebels in Libya found documents belong to the CIA in them information indicate that America spent billions of dollars to protect Gadhafi by training Gadhafi`s secret services .. not to mention the american army burned the interior ministry first in Iraq before even toppling Saddam Husein`s regime and so many more hidden facts i need to write a book about one day .
      • prasant 8 mths ago
        who the hell are u al god is same first u see who u r than talk religion
    • ahmed  •  8 mths ago
      .Another davil worshpper reigion gets the shake up just like Christchurch in NZ and Haiti .
      • George 8 mths ago
        O ok, what about the earthquake that hit the Bible belt last month?
      • Raymond P 8 mths ago
        assinine comment....read your bible before you make any religious statements plz
      • Ram 8 mths ago
        Sounds like Pat Robertson to me
    • James  •  8 mths ago
      Look at all the nasty, vulgar, insensitive comments below. And most, if not all, of those posting would self-identify as Christians.
    • MRITYUNJAY  •  8 mths ago
      earthquake waves panic...........
    • No Name  •  8 mths ago
      Sikkim and other parts of northeast comes in the news only when something big happens, that is the the time you realize this is also part of India.
    • TOMTOM  •  8 mths ago
      Sikkim is a country, not land of Indian. Sikkim people is not dirty and stupid. Sikkim has not Cast System!
    • LovesAmerica  •  8 mths ago
      R - You pretty much answered your own question.
      Humans have somewhat of an ability to sense on coming earthquakes and thunderstorms.
      Just look around outside, birds are singing and you can hear just about every animal out there.
      As soon as the birds stop singing and everything outside is quiet, that's usually a good sign that something is going to happen, such as, an earthquake or severe thunder storm.
      Animals can sense when something bad is going to happen about an hour before hand.
      I used to have a dog (collie Shepard mix) that was prescribed prescription xanax .50 mg for panic attacks he had due to storms.
      About an hour before a severe storm, my dog would start to panth heavily and pace back and forth throughout the house, He would always come to me almost begging me to stop what was about to happen, unfortunately I couldn’t, all I could do was get on the floor with him, hold him and kept talking to him though out the storm.
    • southerndawg  •  8 mths ago
      Red China is now attacking India!!! China will also attack America soon!!!
      America must unite with India to fight the Evil Chinese Empire!!!
      Stop Chinese Invasion!!!
      God Bless American, Israel and India!!!
    • saBna  •  8 mths ago
      i'm 4m ktm,nepal n i faced earthquake today..it was so terrifyin! may the departed souls R.I.P
    • Jacob A  •  8 mths ago
      IDENTIFYING MARKS OF THE LAST DAYS

      Unprecedented warfare.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:4
      Famine.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:5, 6, 8
      Pestilences.—Luke 21:11; Revelation 6:8
      Increasing lawlessness.—Matthew 24:12
      EARTHQUAKES.—Matthew 24:7
      Critical times hard to deal with.—2 Timothy 3:1
      Inordinate love of money.—2 Timothy 3:2
      Disobedience to parents.—2 Timothy 3:2
      A lack of natural affection.—2 Timothy 3:3
      Loving pleasures rather than God.—2 Timothy 3:4
      A lack of self-control.—2 Timothy 3:3
      Without love of goodness.—2 Timothy 3:3
      Taking no note of the impending danger.—Matthew 24:39
      Ridiculers rejecting proof of the last days.—2 Peter 3:3, 4
      Global preaching of God’s Kingdom.—Matthew 24:14
    • SUNSHINE PREVAILS  •  8 mths ago
      We all got to be pretty stupid if we don't NOTICE the many dark changes in the world today. Satan is trying to destroy many of us person by person. PREVENT EVIL by doing good-- STOP KILLING OTHERS and infringining badly in other people's lives. GOD wants to see if we can correct many things for PEACE-FULNESS, all over the world--and now is the time to do it! Do good everywhere--- and then good things will take place.
    • TOMTOM  •  8 mths ago
      Sikkim become dirty Indian part? Sikkim people like Cast System or Indian stupid dance, maybe love indian riches?
    • Quiet please  •  8 mths ago
      Vote for whoever runs against the radical muslim that's in the Whitehouse now.... before he completely destroys our way of life. Time to wake up America. PC is no longer important. Save our country
    • TOMTOM  •  8 mths ago
      when Sikkim become a part of India? fark! Sikkim is a country! shameless dirty indian! love your cast system
    • TOMTOM  •  8 mths ago
      R.: are you stupid ? where is god/ allah? your #$%$ or my #$%$? moon or underground? oh maybe Decepticons?
    • Daniel  •  8 mths ago
      Repent for your sins... thats all you got to do. Soem of you are going to say im a "nut job" or whatever but truly this world is almost done for. Jesus is coming back. The signs are right in front our faces, yet we deny them. I'm not a perfect christian. I screw up a lot of the times. I struggle with looking at porn. And i have a lot of other issues within my life that im not ashamed of mentioning. But I am honestly trying my best to get right with god. He is sending us signals right now and I'm not taking it for granted. Get your life right with god or you WILL perish, its that simple. You can respond with hate towards me but i'll just remember a saying by jesus. "If the world hates you. Know that it hated me first." John 15:18 Peace out, stay safe, and God bless.......
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