Jordskjelv/earthquake

18. September var det ett jordskjelv på 6.8 på richters skala i Sikkim, India, på grensen til Nepal. Skjelvet kjentes også her i Kathmandu. I leiligheten min kjentes det ut som huset var ett skip som gynget fra side til side. Nå er livet tilbake til Normalen her i Kathmandu, men i Sikkim er det store ødeleggelser. Les under om de siste oppdateringene i saken.

Noen data fra http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/18/very-strong-earthquake-in-sikkim-india/ :

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude :6.8
UTC Time : Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 12:40:48 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 06:10:48 PM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) :20.7 km
Geo-location(s) : 68 km (42 miles) NW of Gangtok, Sikkim, India
119 km (73 miles) NNW of Shiliguri, West Bengal, India
133 km (83 miles) E of Namche Bazar, Nepal
272 km (169 miles) E of KATHMANDU, Nepal

Nepal update September 26
Figures released on 23 September by the NEOC, indicate that the number of fatalities remains at 6 persons, 24 people are severely injured and 160
persons have minor injuries. 16500 persons are reportedly displaced (3500 families – own Earthquake-Report numbers based on the number of destroyed buildings and the demographics from the area). 2322 houses/buildings are completely destroyed and 2780 partially damaged.
81 public buildings (Government infrastructures such as health facilities, community buildings, schools, electricity stations etc) are reported to be destroyed with a further 406 buildings partially damaged.

Most of the schools in eastern Nepal have been damaged. Students are having their classes on the open field. More than 65 schools are damaged in Jhapa only(Eastern Nepal)

China (Tibet) update September 26 (report of September 20 as we haven't published anything on Tibet as yet)
Seven people have died and 136 others have been injured in Tibet
The earthquake had caused hundreds of landslides that disrupted traffic, power and water supplies, as well as telecommunications in Yadong County, which is 40 km away from Sikkim. The road traffic to the county had resumed on the morning of September 19. Dozens of earthquake victims were seen wrapped in cotton quilts and camped on the streets.
Galingang Village was the hardest hit. The 156 houses in the village were all badly damaged, leaving everyone homeless. 355 students were temporarily living in tents.
China seismological agency has located the epicenter just west of the Nepal / Sikkim border (contrary to USGS which located the epicenter in Nepal)

India Update September 26
With the recovery of a body from a building in Gangtok, Sikkim, the death toll in Sikkim increased to 93. Rains and landslides are continuing to hamper the rescue operations.
The northern district of Sikkim (least populated) suffered the highest losses with 74 victims. 14 in the East district, 1 in the South district and 4 in the Western district.
At least 13 villages in the north district (closest to the epicenter) remained inaccessible.
Many roads are still blocked by landslides (watching the 20 minute video from another article we published shows the severe conditions for rescue teams). In another report from the Times of India, army official said that troops have reached almost all villages, but in many villages they found only rubble. It could be due to the residents migrating to nearest road-heads, or other villages, or there could be worse than assessed disaster buried in those villages, he admitted. A lack of serious population registers is responsible for additional confusion. Due to all this, the exact number of killed, injured and homeless people will probably and unfortunately never be known.