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An earthquake of
moderate intensity shook Meghalaya, Assam and some other north-east
states on Sunday but there was no report of any casualty or damage to
property.
An earthquake of
moderate intensity shook Meghalaya, Assam and some other north-east
states on Sunday but there was no report of any casualty or damage to
property.
The
quake, which had a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, hit the
region at around 7:51 AM and the epicentre was located 70 km underneath
the earths crust in Myanmar, officials at the Seismological Survey of
India said.
The officials said the quake was of "moderate" intensity and all major towns in the region felt the tremor.
Earlier
this month, tremor having a magnitude of 5.4 and 5.5 on the Richter
Scale hit the region with their epicentres located in Phek and Nagaland
region of Nagaland respectively.
Sunday's tremor was also felt in Itanagar, Guwahati, Agartala besides Kohima and Imphal.
Police said there was no report of any casualty or damage to property in Meghalaya.
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