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Earthquake in northeast India, Bangladesh
Saturday March 02, 2013 10:24:55 AM,
IANS
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Shillong:
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked the entire
northeast India and adjoining Bangladesh Saturday morning. No
casualties were reported, officials said.
According to a seismologist here, the quake was felt around 7.01
a.m. in most parts of the northeast region and neighbouring
Bangladesh, and its epicentre lay along the India-Bangladesh
border.
"The exact epicentre of the quake was on the India-Bangladesh
border with western Tripura. The tremor lasted for about four to
five seconds," an official at the Regional Seismological Centre
told IANS.
The seven northeastern states - Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura,
Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur - are considered by
seismologists as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the
world.
The region experienced an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter
scale in 1897. Over 1,600 people died in that quake.
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