Shillong July 2 (IANS) India s northeastern states shook on Sunday morning when a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar officials said.
The quake were felt at 10.57 a.m. with its epicentre in the Myanmar-India border region said an official of the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong. Seven of the northeastern states -- Assam Meghalaya Mizoram Tripura Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur -- are considered by seismologists as lying in the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. --IANS rrk/in/vt
Quake hits Myanmar, northeast India