Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Jolts Sikkim's Namchi in Early Hours

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News18•06-02-2026, 06:15
Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Jolts Sikkim's Namchi in Early Hours
- •A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Namchi, Sikkim, in the early hours of Friday, February 6, at 3:11 am.
- •The National Center for Seismology reported the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 5 km.
- •The NCS provided coordinates: Lat: 27.38 N, Long: 88.42 E, with the epicenter in Namchi, Sikkim.
- •Just two days prior, on February 4, tremors were felt in parts of Kolkata following earthquakes in neighboring regions like Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Tibet.
- •Locals in Namchi described feeling tremors and seeing objects shake, confirming the earthquake.
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