Earthquake of moderate intensity rocks Manipur
Impphal, July 29: An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Manipur and some other north-east states on Sunday morning 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 7:51am andThe epicentre was located at 23.065°N/94.561°E in the Ponnyadaung Hill Range of Chin State (Magwe Division) of Myanmar,about 30 km south of Kalewa town and western side of Chindwin River. The depth of the earthquake is estimated about 70 km. It is about 210 km from Imphal, officials at the Seismological Observatory of Manipur University , Imphal 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.
Today's tremor was also felt in Itanagar, Guwahati, Agartala besides Kohima . Police said there was no report of any casualty or damage to property in Meghalaya.
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