Tremors were felt in adjoining Meghalaya, northern parts of West Bengal and even Bangladesh.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Goalpara in Assam on Wednesday morning, said National Center for Seismology (NCS). Tremors were felt in adjoining Meghalaya, northern parts of West Bengal and even Bangladesh. According to the NCS, the quake struck at a depth of 14 km at 8:45 am in Lower Assam, which is 71 km north of Tura in Meghalaya. The location of the earthquake or the epicenter was located at 26.15 latitude and 90.28 longitude in Goalpara in Assam by the NCS. As soon as the tremors were felt, people rushed out of their homes in panic. No immediate injury to anyone or any kind of damage to property has been reported so far. According to the NCS, the area lies in the high seismic zone, that is, falls in Hazard zone V with collisional tectonics where the Indian plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate.
The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now.