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Eleven people — 6 in India and 5 in Nepal — died when the magnitude-6.9 trembler struck the northern Indian state of Sikkim nearby the limit in between the dual nations Sunday night, military said.

Three died in Nepal’s collateral of Kathmandu and dual in the locale of Dharan, about 217 miles easterly of Kathmandu, military said in the statement. About the dozen people were harmed when they jumped from their houses during the quake, military said.

The 3 in Kathmandu died when the wall of the British embassy collapsed, according to Kedar Rijal, Kathmandu military chief. They built-in an 8-year-ancient girl, her father and the third person.

The British Foreign Office reliable that the “compound fringe wall” of the embassy collapsed, observant the envoy has met with the village and existent condolences.

In India, 6 people died and 33 were injured, said Karma Gyatso, Sikkim’s arch secretary. At smallest volume dual buildings have collapsed, and others grown cracks, he said. The hurt was still being assessed, and rescue efforts were underneath way, he said.

A sum of 3 quakes struck the region. The U.S. Geological Survey primarily place the largest upheaval at 6.8 magnitude, after upgrading it to the 6.9, and the other dual at magnitudes 4.8 and 4.6. All 3 occurred inside of an hour and fifteen minutes, the USGS said. The India Meteorological Department said the quakes were 6.8 magnitude, 5.7 bulk and 5.3 magnitude.

The quakes were in the country’s alpine segment nearby the Nepal border, the dialect said.

Power outages and downed phone lines were reported in Sikkim, along with reports of landslides and shut off roads, authorities said.

Emergency crews were finished with from opposite locations to the region, India’s home method said in an rapt to reporters. At smallest volume 4 warrior jets were carrying rescue officers to the adjacent region, where they transport by highway to Gangtok, Sikkim’s capital, according to the alert.

No tsunami notice was issued. The earthquake, which struck at 6:10 p.m. internal time (8:40 a.m. ET), was 12.2 miles next the earth’s surface, according to the USGS.

The quake’s epicenter was about 42 miles from the city of Gangtok and 169 miles easterly of Kathmandu, according to the geological survey.

Till right away no hurts in bangladesh.People comes in highway after Earthquake.