Guwahati: Two back-to-back earthquakes of three.6 and 2.8 magnitudes on the Richter Scale hit central Assam on Saturday, an official bulletin mentioned.
There was no speedy report of any damage to anybody or injury to any property attributable to both of the quakes.
A National Center for Seismology report mentioned the primary quake of three.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale was recorded at 9.03 am, with its epicentre close to Titabar in Jorhat district on the southern financial institution of Brahmaputra, at a depth of fifty km.
People within the neighbouring Sivasagar, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts additionally felt the jolt. Lakhimpur on the northern financial institution of Brahmaputra too felt the tremors. The quake may very well be felt in lots of areas within the north-western a part of Nagaland as effectively, the report mentioned. The second tremor of 2.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale was registered at 11.02 am, with the epicentre close to Dalgaon in Darrang, it added.pti
There was no speedy report of any damage to anybody or injury to any property attributable to both of the quakes.
A National Center for Seismology report mentioned the primary quake of three.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale was recorded at 9.03 am, with its epicentre close to Titabar in Jorhat district on the southern financial institution of Brahmaputra, at a depth of fifty km.
People within the neighbouring Sivasagar, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts additionally felt the jolt. Lakhimpur on the northern financial institution of Brahmaputra too felt the tremors. The quake may very well be felt in lots of areas within the north-western a part of Nagaland as effectively, the report mentioned. The second tremor of 2.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale was registered at 11.02 am, with the epicentre close to Dalgaon in Darrang, it added.pti
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