GANGTOK: As Sikkim was about to lay in slumber, the third earthquake hit Gangtok and parts of Sikkim at 11.12 pm last night replicating alarm among the masses who felt it.After Friday and Sunday again in the last hour of Wednesday. Frequent earthquakes came repeating lately rising apprehensions among the masses.Instances of damage or panic were not reported from any part of the state. The earthquake that hit tonight was reported to be of moderate magnitude,3.5 on the Richter scale of which was confirmed byAmerican Earthquake Monitoring authority 'United States Geological Survey (USGS) ' as per details below:
Gangtok earthquakeDetails:
Magnitude
3.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 11:12:18 PM = local time at epicenter
Location
27.60°N, 88.191°E
Depth
17 km (10.6 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
SIKKIM, INDIA
Distances
40 km (25 miles) W of Gangtok, Sikkim, India70 km (45 miles) NNW of Shiliguri, West Bengal, India525 km (325 miles) N of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India1095 km (680 miles) E of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 12.5 km (7.8 miles); depth +/- 33.8 km (21.0 miles)
Parameters
Nst= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=392.5 km, Rmss=1.3 sec, Gp=115°,M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=R
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
