Strong earthquake hits India, Nepal, Tibet

Soldiers and rescuers hiked in lashing rain to isolated Himalayan villages in search of survivors after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake killed 54 people in India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet.

 

A novice monk looks over a damaged house after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the northeastern Indian city of Gangtok September 19, 2011. Soldiers and rescuers hiked in lashing rain to isolated Himalayan villages on Monday in search of survivors after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Sunday killed 54 people in India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER)

 

 

In this photo taken with a mobile phone, the debris of a residential building is seen after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, in Lumsey, located near the northeastern Indian city of Gangtok September 19, 2011. Soldiers and rescue workers hiked through lashing rain to isolated Himalayan villages on Monday to search for survivors of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 53 people in India, Nepal and China. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA - Tags:

 

A Nepalese woman removes bricks of the damaged house to make way for pedestrians after an earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers raced Monday to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they scrambled to reach remote villages cut off after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

 

 

Nepalese locals along with policemen stand near collapsed buildings damaged by Sunday’s earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers raced Monday to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they scrambled to reach remote villages cut off after the powerful earthquake shook northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  A man looks on from a damaged house after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011..A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday night, killing at least 16 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal's capital running into the streets.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Nepalese woman with her daughter looks out of a window at debris of collapsed buildings damaged by an earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers raced Monday to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they scrambled to reach remote villages cut off after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Indian soldiers load relief material for earthquake victims in India's northeast onto a plane at the Hindon air force station on the outskirts of New Delhi September 18, 2011. Soldiers and rescue workers hiked through lashing rain to isolated Himalayan villages on Monday to search for survivors of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 53 people in India, Nepal and China. Picture taken September 18, 2011. REUTERS/Indian Air Force/Handout

 

 

 

A man shows the cracks that developed on the walls of his house following an earthquake in Siliguri, India, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday night, killing at least 12 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal's capital running into the streets. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, was felt across northeastern India, including the capital of New Delhi.(AP Photo)

A child who was injured in a building collapse that followed an earthquake is treated at a hospital in Siliguri, India, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday night, killing at least 12 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal's capital running into the streets. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, was felt across northeastern India, including the capital of New Delhi.

A damaged section of the Dharan-Dhankuta road at Bhedetar in Dharan, a major city in eastern Nepal, September 19, 2011 after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. A total of 80 kilometres of road was damaged in two sections of the stretch. Rescuers dug through mudslides on roads to isolated Himalayan villages on Monday in search of survivors after the earthquake killed 63 people in India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet. REUTERS/Sita