In pics: 6.8 earthquake hits Sikkim

Sep 18, 2011 10:20am

Rescue workers and people look on after the British Embassy's compound wall collapsed in Nepal. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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A child looks over a damaged house after the earthquake. (Reuters)
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The debris of a residential building in Lumsey, located near Gangtok. (Reuters)
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People rushed out of office buildings following tremors at Karwanbazar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.(AP Photo/Zia Islam)
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Nepalese rescue workers and people stand near a damaged car after after the British Embassy's compound wall collapsed. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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People who rushed out of buildings following tremors stand on the street in Patna. (AP Photo)
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Nepalese rescue workers remove a damaged car after the British Embassy's compound wall collapsed. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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The epicentre of the 6.8 earthquake was 64 km from Gangtok in Sikkim. (Google Maps)
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A man shows the cracks that developed on the walls of his house following the earthquake in Siliguri. (AP Photo)
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Men clear out the ruins of a building damaged by Sunday’s earthquake in Siliguri. (AP Photo/Tamal Roy)
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In the photo provided by the Indian Army Relief, relief material is seen loaded on an aircraft for distribution to earthquake victims in Sikkim. (AP Photo/Indian Army)
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A house that was destroyed by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Bhaktapur in Nepal. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar)
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