Low-intensity quake hits WB's Bankura district

A low-intensity earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale, shook West Bengal's Bankura district and its nearby areas on Sunday, the Met department said here. A tweet by the India Meteorological Department said the quake hit Bankura at 10.39 am.

Official sources in Jharkhand maintained that tremors were also felt in the Santhal Pargana region of the neighbouring state, mainly in Dumka, Rajmahal and Deoghar districts. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property so far from anywhere, according to reports.

The epicentre of the earthquake in Bankura was 10 km below the surface of Earth at latitude 23.3 degrees north and longitude 86.9 degrees east.