Kolkata: A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday causing strong tremors in Kolkata, Patna and several other parts of east and northeast India.
According to National Centre for Seismology, a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences, the epicenter of the quake was 25km West of Chauk in Burma and it occurred at 4:04 PM at a depth of 58 kms.
Tremors were felt in Bihar, West Bengal and northeastern states in India, spreading panic among people There were no immediate reports of loss to life or property.
In Patna, people ran out out of buildings in panic and in Kolkata the metro service was halted when the tremors struck.
The northeast is one of the most earthquake prone regions in the world.
Kolkata: People rush out to the streets after tremors rock the city. #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/CO36KKrxdB— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 24, 2016
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