Ten dead as quake strikes Bhutan

Reuters

BHUTAN QUAKE: At least ten people have died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the mountain nation of Bhutan.

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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the remote mountain nation of Bhutan, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens.

The quake was centred about 160km east of the capital, Thimphu, at a depth of 7.2km, the US Geological Survey said.

At least five people were killed in Mongar district, the epicentre of the quake, while the rest were killed in landslides in other remote areas of the mountainous region, state-run Bhutan Broadcasting Service said.

"Houses, and monasteries and roads have been damaged. Mobile services are clogged," Lungthen Dorji, the governor of the eastern Trashigang district said.

"The aftershocks were felt at least six to seven times," a teacher from the town of Kanglung in Trashigang district, told the state-run radio.

Tremors were felt in the bordering Indian state of Assam and West Bengal, officials in the Indian Meteorological Department said.

- Reuters