Strong earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes India-Myanmar border region
A shallow and strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Myanmar-India border region early on Friday, India's National Center for Seismology said.
The quake was felt in Chittagong in Bangladesh and as far away as Kolkata in eastern India, according to witness accounts posted on European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre's (EMSC) website and by users on Twitter. "Very strong," one such witness posted on EMSC from Chittagong, which is about 184 km (115 miles) west of the quake's epicentre.
EMSC pegged the temblor's magnitude at 5.8, after having earlier given it a magnitude of 6.0 and said the epicentre was about 126 km southeast of Aizawl in northeastern India.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Chittagong
- National Center for Seismology
- EMSC
- Myanmar
- epicentre
- Bangladesh
- India
ALSO READ
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes New York, New Jersey - EMSC
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Myanmar, EMSC says
Mizo group to protest Centre's decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border
UN chief appoints former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop as UN special envoy for Myanmar
Former Australian foreign minister named UN envoy on Myanmar