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Assam shaken as 5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes India-Myanmar border

On early Tuesday morning, an earthquake which has been measured 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale shook the entire Myanmar-India border region, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reported.

While the bigger tremor has been felt along the India-Myanmar border and around 7:11 am in the morning, a smaller earthquake which has a magnitude of 3.1 also briefly struck the Karbi Anglong district in Assam. Tremors were also felt in Guwahati, Assam.

Assam-earthquake

Assam shaken as 5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes India-Myanmar border

So far no casualties have been reported in this incident so far.

Earlier in April,an earthquake measuring a 6.9 on the Richter Scale has struck Myanmar, whose tremor was felt in parts of Kolkata, Guawahati, Patna, Bhubhaneswar and Delhi.

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