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An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 struck near Ukhrul town in Manipur on Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at around 10 pm at a depth of 120 kilometers.
National Center for Seismology Tweeted“Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.6, occurred on 29-12-2023, 22:01:19 IST, Latitude: 25.14 & Longitude: 96.54, Depth: 120 km, Location: 208 km east of Ukhrul, Manipur, India.
No casualties have been reported yet. More information is awaited.
The earthquake in Manipur occurred a few days after the earthquake in Assam on December 27. The earthquake occurred at 5:55 am IST (Indian Standard Time) at a depth of 20 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 42 km east of Tezpur.
On Tuesday, December 26, a low-intensity earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded near Ambikapur in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, the NCS said.
In the same day, two earthquakes of light intensity occurred in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. There was no immediate report of any damage due to the earthquake.
According to NCS, an earthquake of 4.5 magnitude occurred in Ladakh at 4.33 am. The depth of the earthquake was five kilometers below the earth’s surface at 34.73 degrees latitude and 77.07 degrees longitude.
Meanwhile, an earthquake of 3.7 magnitude was recorded at 1.10 am in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. The NCS said the depth of the earthquake was five km from the surface at 33.36 degrees latitude and 76.67 degrees longitude.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Japan’s Kuril Islands on December 28, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck northwest China earlier this week has risen to 149 with two people still missing. The worst earthquake in the region in nine years occurred at midnight on December 18 at a depth of 10 kilometers.
(with inputs from agencies)
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Published: 29 Dec 2023, 10:20 PM IST
