Quake hits Tripura, Bangladesh, no report of damage
Wednesday - November 8, 2017 12:46 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Agartala Nov 8 (IANS) A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the India-Bangladesh border region along Tripura on Wednesday. There was no report of any damage or human casualty officials said.
"The quake hit Tripura and Bangladesh at 10.20 a.m. " a meteorological department official said.
"There is no report of any damage in Tripura and adjoining areas " said Sarat Das in-charge of the disaster management control centre in Agartala citing reports from District Magistrates.
The tremor lasted 15-20 seconds.
Experts consider India s northeast region as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.
--IANS
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