I receive sms red alert from Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
this EQ as Humanitarian Impact.

On 9/18/2011 12:40:47 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and depth 10km has struck an moderately populated area in the Sikkim Province (population: 0.4 million) in India. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be high (Red alert).

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact since the affected region is moderately populated and has medium resilience for natural disasters.

The earthquake 151km from the city of Thimbu. The nearest populated places are Lhonak (15km), Dzanak (17km). It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 8280 m.

source: [link to w3.gdacs.org]