Earthquake shakes Assam, no damage reported

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in Assam's Sonitpur district. Disaster Management officials confirmed that no report of loss of life or damage to property was received.

Guwahati: A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, was recorded in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

According to the Disaster Management officials in Guwahati, no report of loss of life or damage to property has been received yet.

According to the NCS data, the tremor occurred at 5.54 PM on Wednesday evening and was at a depth of 10 km.

Successive earthquakes in the mountainous northeastern states especially in Mizoram and Manipur have the authorities worried.

Northeastern states, especially Mizoram, frequently witness mild to moderate earthquakes that force the public and private builders to construct quake preventive houses.

Seismologists consider the mountainous northeastern region as the sixth most earthquake-prone belt in the world.

(IANS)