Moderate quake jolts Sikkim, no report of casualty

September 18, 2012 19:41

Exactly a year after a powerful earthquake killed 90 people and ravaged large parts of Sikkim, a moderate tremor measuring 4.1 jolted the state this evening, sending people out of their homes, but there was no immediate report of casualty or damage to properties.

As the quake struck at around 1755 hours and lasted for about three seconds, people, with the devastations caused by last year's quake still fresh in memory, scampered out of their homes onto the roads and were reluctant to return fearing aftershocks.

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