by AP AP Members of Army's engineering wing ascend a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are
The earthquake that rocked Sikkim on Sunday is unusual in terms of its magnitude and nature of origin, say leading geologists. "There is nothing surprising in this earthquake as the region north of Sikkim, which forms the outliers of Tibetan tectonics
GUWAHATI: Six search and rescue teams of the first battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) located at Patgaon in Guwahati have been kept on their toes to act immediately incase of an earthquake similar to the one in Sikkim.
Members of Army's engineering wing ascend a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian Army personnel walk as they carry spades and other equipments to clear a landslide caused by Sunday's earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Thousands of homeless villagers in the Himalayas spent a miserable night outdoors in heavy rains after a powerful earthquake flattened houses and rescuers struggled to reach victims in the mountains of India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian Army engineering wing help a Buddhist monk to descend a huge landslide following Sunday's 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Phengla around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Thousands of homeless villagers in the Himalayas spent a miserable night outdoors in heavy rains after a powerful earthquake flattened houses and rescuers struggled to reach victims in the mountains of India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Army personnel climb a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, Nepalese soldiers carry an injured civilian over an area hit in a landslide following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, near Dharan in the Dhankuta district of eastern Nepal. Thousands of homeless villagers in the Himalayas spent a miserable night outdoors in heavy rains after a powerful earthquake flattened houses and rescuers struggled to reach victims in the mountains of India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Sita Mademba)
In this Sept. 19, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, soldiers clean up a quake-hit house in Yadong County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At least seven people have died in Yadong County after a strong earthquake hit the state of Sikkim in northern India on Sunday evening. The earthquake has caused hundreds of landslides that have disrupted traffic, power and water supplies, as well as telecommunications in Yadong County, Tibet, which is 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) away from Sikkim, the epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wen Tao) NO SALES
In this Sept. 19, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, displaced residents walk past a collapsed house in a village of Yadong County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At least seven people were killed in Yadong County after a strong earthquake hit neighboring Sikkim in northern India Sunday evening. The earthquake has caused hundreds of landslides, disrupting traffic, power and water supplies, as well as telecommunications in Yadong County, which lies 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) away from Sikkim. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gesang Dawa) NO SALES
In this Sept. 19, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a villager looks at a dead cow killed in a strong earthquake which hit neighboring Sikkim in northern India Sunday evening, in a village of Yadong County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The earthquake has caused hundreds of landslides, disrupting traffic, power and water supplies, as well as telecommunications in Yadong County, which lies 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) away from Sikkim. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gesang Dawa) NO SALES
In this photo provided by the Indian Army, aerial view of the Gangtok-Mangan highway is seen that was damaged by a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Indian Army) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this photo provided by the Indian Army, aerial view of the Gangtok-Mangan highway is seen that was damaged by a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Indian Army) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this photo provided by the Indian Army, aerial view of the Gangtok-Mangan highway is seen that was damaged by a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Indian Army) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
In this photo provided by the Indian Army, aerial view of the Gangtok-Mangan highway is seen that was damaged by a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Indian Army) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Explosives are used to clear a huge landslide caused by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian Army personnel wait with their equipments to clear a huge landslide caused by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Thousands of homeless villagers in the Himalayas spent a miserable night outdoors in heavy rains after a powerful earthquake flattened houses and rescuers struggled to reach victims in the mountains of India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A prayer bead is seen in a civilian vehicle damaged by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Officials say the death toll from a Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China has risen, while troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian Army personnel help each other as they climb a landslide caused by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Members of Army's engineering wing help a woman descend a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian men cross a landslide caused by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian Army personnel help each other as they climb a landslide caused by Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Members of Army's engineering wing ascend a landslide following Sunday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Phengla town, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gangtok, in Sikkim, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Troops trying to reach survivors are pushing through landslide debris with earthmovers after the Himalayan earthquake that shook northeastern India, Nepal and China. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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