#Guwahati /#Shillong : An #earthquake of moderate intensity rocked India’s northeastern states and adjoining Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan on Monday morning , officials said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property.
“The quake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 4.37 a.m and had its epicentre in Manipur’s Tamenglong district bordering,” said an official of the regional seismological centre here in Meghalaya.
The earthquake was felt in parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.
India’s northeast is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.
Earthquake: One dead and eight injured in Imphal- ANI
Spoke to Rajnath ji, who is in Assam, on the situation arising due to the earthquake & asked him to oversee the situation: PM Modi

Had a telephone conversation with Assam CM Shri Tarun Gogoi on the earthquake in the state & the region: PM Modi

UPDATE: 35 injured in Imphal as earthquake hits the region- ANI
Another person dies, death toll rises to 2 in Imphal- ANI

Reason of earthquake- Indian Plate subducting under Burma plate,this is sensitive area already under zone 5: PR Vaid
Two teams of NDRF comprising 90 members have been rushed to Imphal from Guwahati.

12 NDRF teams put on alert after the earthquake
“The quake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 4.37 a.m and had its epicentre in Manipur’s Tamenglong district bordering,” said an official of the regional seismological centre here in Meghalaya.
The earthquake was felt in parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.
India’s northeast is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.
Earthquake: One dead and eight injured in Imphal- ANI
Spoke to Rajnath ji, who is in Assam, on the situation arising due to the earthquake & asked him to oversee the situation: PM Modi

Had a telephone conversation with Assam CM Shri Tarun Gogoi on the earthquake in the state & the region: PM Modi

UPDATE: 35 injured in Imphal as earthquake hits the region- ANI
Another person dies, death toll rises to 2 in Imphal- ANI

Reason of earthquake- Indian Plate subducting under Burma plate,this is sensitive area already under zone 5: PR Vaid
Two teams of NDRF comprising 90 members have been rushed to Imphal from Guwahati.

12 NDRF teams put on alert after the earthquake
Bureau Report
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