Wednesday, 12 September 2018

earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hits Assam

Earthquake of 5.5 Magnitude Hits Assam, Tremors Felt In Bengal And Bihar and neighboring Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh

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A mild tremor shakes Assam's Kokrajhar today at 10:20 AM, actual location is 7 km from Sapatgram, Assam. The earthquake was measured at a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale.
Earthquake tremors were felt all around the region. Earthquake tremors were felt in West Bengal and Bihar, to the west of the epicentre, and up to Arunachal Pradesh to the east.
Earthquake tremors were felt in almost the whole of West Bengal, including Kolkata as well as Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Malda and Mushidabad. According to the report, a mild tremor also felt in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
In Bihar, earthquake tremors were felt in Patna as well as parts of Kishanganj, Purnea and Katihar. Tremors were also felt in Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
Vineet Gahlaut, the director of National Seismology Center, said that the earthquake was of magnitude 5.5 and struck at a depth of about 10-12 mks from surface.

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