Shallow 5.6 quake hits India-Myanmar border region


Sunday, July 15, 2012: A shallow 5.6-magnitude quake jolted the India-Myanmar border region early Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.


The quake occurred at 1.25 a.m. Sunday (1955 GMT Saturday), 43 km east-south-east of Kohima, capital of India’s Nagaland state. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) put the magnitude at 5.5.


According to Xinhua, the epicentre, with at a depth of 6.5 km, was determined to be at 25.4 degrees north latitude and 94.4 degrees east longitude.

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