Two successive quakes hit Manipur districts, no casualties reported
Two consecutive earthquakes, including one of 5.7 magnitude, jolted several Manipur districts and adjoining northeastern states
- IMPHAL — Two
consecutive earthquakes, including one of 5.7 magnitude, jolted several Manipur
districts and adjoining northeastern states, officials said.
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- According to the Disaster Management officials, there has
been no immediate report of loss of life or damage to property due to the two
earthquakes. The moderate tremor of 5.7 magnitudes struck eastern Manipur's
mountainous Kamjong district, which abuts the Ukhrul, Tengnoupal, Imphal East,
and Imphal West districts and shares a border with Myanmar.
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- The tremor, which struck at a depth of 110 km from the
surface, was also felt in neighbouring Assam, Meghalaya and other parts of the
northeastern region, the officials said.
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- Another mild quake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale,
shook the same Kamjong district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. As per
the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data, the tremor struck at a depth of
66 km from the surface.
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- Wednesday's tremors are the third earthquake in the
mountainous northeastern region within four days. On March 2, a mild quake,
measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale, jolted western Mizoram's mountainous Mamit
district and adjoining areas. On February 27, a moderate earthquake of
magnitude 5 on the Richter scale shook Assam's Morigaon district. The tremors
were also felt in Guwahati and other parts of the state. Earthquakes are
reasonably common in the northeastern region, comprising eight states since the
region falls in the sixth most earthquake-prone region.
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- Analysis of the NCS data found that more than one quake
every week hit a northeastern state with most tremors measuring 3 to 4 on the
Richter scale. Consecutive earthquakes, mostly mild to moderate, in the
mountainous northeastern states, especially in Assam, Mizoram, Manipur and
Meghalaya, have kept the authorities worried and forced public and private
builders to build quake-proof structures.
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- In 1950, an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale altered
the course of the mighty Brahmaputra river, which passes by the congested
Guwahati city, the northeastern region's main commercial hub.
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- Another earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale hit
northeastern India in 1988, killing more than 200 people in Assam and Arunachal
Pradesh.
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- In 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook Sikkim and
parts of West Bengal killing more than 100 people. Another quake in 2017, with
a magnitude of 5.7, struck 20 km northeast of Ambassa in Tripura's Dhalai
district. Disaster Management authorities are regularly conducting awareness
campaigns about the frequent quakes in the northeastern states.
