Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 rattles Mizoram's Champhai, no damages reported
India | November 10, 2018 23:46 ISTThe tremors were felt at 10:25 pm on Saturday.
The tremors were felt at 10:25 pm on Saturday.
According to an official, the epicentre of the earthquake was in the Jammu and Kashmir region.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck just off the coast of Indonesia, a country reeling from an earthquake and tsunami last month that killed more than 2,000 people.
Willem Rampangilei, head of the National Board for Disaster Management, said there could be as many as 5,000 victims still buried in deep mud.
A spokesman for the Joint Task Force for Central Sulawesi province said a total of 2,549 people were still in hospitals for medical treatment after the disasters hit the province on September 28, reports Xinhua news agency.
Over 1,400 people were killed after the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian city of Palu and and nearby communities in Central Sulawesi province on September 28.
The quake was felt lightly in the capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
Immediate reports on any casualties were not available.
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Hundreds of other people have been injured, and scores of uncounted bodies could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sigi and Balaroa.
The earthquake resulted in panic but there were no reports of damage, said spokesman of a national disaster management agency.
Although 25 years have passed, nothing much has changed for many, with people still waiting for compensation for damages suffered in the massive earthquake.
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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Friday following which Tsunami warnings have been issued.
In Bihar, the tremor-hit areas included Patna, Bhagalpur, Araria, Kishanganj, Saharsa, Madhepura, Munger and Begusarai.
Tremors were felt for 25-30 seconds in Kolkata, Siliguri and West Bengal up to Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Sahebganj in Bihar.
Mild earthquake strikes Assam, tremors felt in West Bengal, Bihar
Tremors were felt for 25-30 seconds in Kolkata, Siliguri and West Bengal up to Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Sahebganj in Bihar.
4.6 magnitude tremors felt in parts of Jammu and Kashmir; tremors of 3.1 on Richter scale felt in Haryana's Jhajjar. These were third and fourth low-to-medium intensity tremors to be felt in India this week.
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