Powerful 6.7 earthquake rocks India near Myanmar border

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Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:18 UTC

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A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 in magnitude has hit northwest eastern India, close to the border with Myanmar, the US Geological Survey has reported.

The quake was 57 kilometers (35 miles) deep and centered 33 kilometers northwest of Imphal, the capital city of the Manipur state.

Epicentre was in Manipur #earthquake . Tremors shook everyone all the way to Odisha & East UP. Praying for no loss of life and property.

— गीतिका (@ggiittiikkaa) January 3, 2016

Worst Tremors ever felt! It's an Earthquake.

— Sharad Jhunjhunwala (@sharadjhun) January 3, 2016

Tremors were also felt in the states of West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh, as well as in neighboring Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar.

@RT_com Here in Dhaka also It was scary

— Iftekhar Ahmed (@Adonis_Sarkar) January 3, 2016

@RT_com It was a strong #earthquake , lasted for a minute. #woke_up at: 04:15 am in morning

— kafeel (@Kafeel1122) January 3, 2016

Imphal has a population of over 400,000 people, while the state of Manipur is home to 2,570,390 people.

9 min.ago #earthquake 6.7 has hit Rengpang (Tamenglong), India, 10.0km, 4:35 AM GMT+5:30 ( https://t.co/vWpQRNRr4k pic.twitter.com/bcYB2Hc9OV

— Obheeck (@OBHEECK) January 3, 2016