An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude jolted the north-central a part of Assam on Sunday morning, an official bulletin stated.
There isn’t a speedy report of any harm to anybody or harm to any property, officers stated.
A Nationwide Middle for Seismology report stated the quake was recorded at 7:47 am in Udalguri district on the northern financial institution of Brahmaputra, at a depth of 15 km.
The precise location of the epicentre of the earthquake is round 105 km north of Guwahati and 48 km west of Tezpur, close to the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
Folks in neighbouring Darrang, Tamulpur, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Biswanath districts additionally felt the jolt. Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon and Nagaon districts on the southern financial institution of Brahmaputra too felt the tremor.
The earthquake may very well be felt in some areas of western Arunachal Pradesh in addition to japanese Bhutan, the report confirmed.
The tremor compelled folks to scamper out of their houses to open areas.
The Northeastern area falls within the excessive seismic zone, making earthquakes ceaselessly hit the area. PTI TR NN TR RG
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