#Kolkata: Strong tremors shook Assam, North East India and West Bengal The quake was so strong that tremors were felt in Kolkata and South Bengal
A strong tremor was felt in Tezpur on Wednesday morning According to the National Center for Seismology, the first tremor on the Richter scale was 7.4. The first tremor was felt at 8.51am According to the information received, the epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km west of Tezpur
Then two aftershocks were felt One is 7.55 and the other comes a few minutes later They are 4.3 and 4.4 on the Richter scale News of strong tremors in different parts of North Bengal and Assam began to surface Panic spread among the people Assam Minister Himanta Bishwa Sharma tweeted about the quake People who felt the quake said they felt the tremor for about 30 seconds The whole building is shaking The US Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was 29 kilometers below the ground
Published by:Debalina Datta
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