Two quakes hit Guwahati and Barpeta simultaneously, no damages reported

Guwahati: Two earthquakes hit different parts of Assam today. The quakes took place at the same time and hit Guwahati and Barpeta, about 95 kms from Guwahati.

Both the quakes took place at around 1.28 am, Monday night.

The earthquake that hit Guwahati measured 4.4 on the Ricther scale and the one that shook Barpeta was of 4.2 magnitude, the National Centre of Seismology said.

No damages to life or property has been reported so far.

It is just on Saturday that another location of Assam, Bongaigaon was shaken by a quake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale.

Assam and other northeastern states have been experiencing earthquakes since June this year. The region experienced 14 quakes in 18 days between June and July. Five quakes took place in Mizoram, four in Assam, three in Meghalaya and one each in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland during June and July.

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