An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit Lachung area in Sikkim on Tuesday according to the National Centre for Seismology.

The reported earthquake occurred about 439 km NNW of Lachung in Sikkim at a depth of 10 km at around 7.23 pm in the evening.

The National Centre for Seismology tweeted about it. It wrote, "An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit 439km NNW of Lachung, Sikkim today at 7:23 pm".

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