Earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richter scale shakes Assam

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, was recorded in Assam on Wednesday, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). 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 p.m. on Wednesday evening and was at a depth of 10 km.

Successive earthquakes in the north-eastern States specially in Mizoram and Manipur have the authorities worried. north-eastern States, specially Mizoram, frequently witness mild to moderate earthquakes that force the public and private builders to construct quake preventive houses. Seismologists consider the mountainous north-eastern region as the sixth most earthquake-prone belt in the world.

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