The number of dead in an earthquake in the Himalayan region passed 100 Wednesday as rescue workers braved landslides and heavy rain in their search for survivors. At least 68 people were killed in the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim, the epicentre of Sunday's 6.8-magnitude quake, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said in state capital Gangtok. A total of 19 were reported killed in the rest of India while nine had died in Nepal, seven in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China and one person in Bhutan. At least 300 injured people were being treated in hospitals in the state, Chamling was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA".