Was that an earthquake? It certainly wasn't the six o'clock goods train. Babulal and Putlibai slept through the whole thing. So much for occult animal senses. Of course five minutes later they were at each other's throats for reasons that are unclear. Now they're shut in separate rooms. Nothing on the chat yet about an earthquake, but we all felt it, including the neighbours. Their dogs were quiet too however.

UPDATE: The earthquake was in Sikkim, 64km from Gangtok according to USGS. Preliminary magnitude is 6.8. That's nasty. Hope no one was hurt. Updates available on Twitter, the best place to go for breaking news.