Myanmar earthquake: North-East region hit with 4.7 magnitude quake; tremors felt across Assam, Manipur

NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Myanmar near the India border early Tuesday, with tremors felt in Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam.

The quake occurred at 6.10am, about 27 km southeast of Ukhrul in Manipur, at a depth of 15 km. According to the national center for seismology (NCS), the epicentre was located at latitude 24.73 N and longitude 94.63 E. The location was around 155 km south-southeast of Nagaland’s Wokha, 159 km southeast of Dimapur, 177 km south of Mokokchung, 171 km northeast of Mizoram’s Ngopa, and 193 km northeast of Champhai.


The tremor in Myanmar came hours after a magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit Maharashtra’s Satara district at 12.09am on Tuesday, at a shallow depth of 5 km, 91 km northwest of Kolhapur.

Another quake of magnitude 3.3 was also recorded in Tibet at 4.28 am, with its epicentre 227 km north of Arunachal Pradesh’s Pangin and 303 km north of Assam’s Dibrugarh. Its depth was measured at 10 km, NCS data showed.



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