Earthquake Today: Assam experienced a powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.7 that occurred at 10: 08: 26 IST, near neighbouring countries, Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Earthquake was so strong that the shaking were experienced in some other NE sates, with the Centre located at the distance of 75 km, west of Agartala, Tripura and 247 km South of Shillong, Meghalaya. People living in Guwahati felt a Tremors from the quake for several seconds. However, there are no reports for any damage caused by the earthquake. According preliminary reports of India's national Centre for seismology regarding the M 5.7 quakes," An earthquake of magnitude M5 .7 occurred at 10: 08: 26 IST in Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose epicentre is at 23.7 7N and 90.51 E with depth of 10 km.
Tremors were mostly experience in the areas close to Bangladesh border, including part of Tripura and Meghalaya. However, weaker Tremors were also faced by Assam, Nagaland and Manipur as well. The intensity of the earthquake varied from place to place, depending on the type of soil and building structure. Soft soil areas, experience, strong earthquake, then compare to rock regions.
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