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Low quake jolts northeast India, no casualties reported


Low quake jolts northeast India, no casualties reported

New Delhi, March 13: A Moderate earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, rocked the northeastern states on Sunday, an official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage.

 

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The tremor was felt at 4pm with its epicentre located in Assam’s Darrang district, said an official of the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong.

Seven of the northeastern states -- Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur -- are considered by seismologists as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.

In 1897, the region experienced an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale that left over 1,600 people dead and wreaked heavy property damage.


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