NEW DELHI — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck India’s northeastern Assam state[1] on Sunday, sending tremors throughout the region, officials said. There were no immediate reports of any damage.
The quake had a depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) and its epicenter was in the town of Udalguri, according to India’s National Center for Seismology. Terrified residents rushed outside their homes in Guwahati, the state’s capital.
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Northern India is highly seismic. It lies on a major geological fault line where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the Eurasian plate, forming the Himalayas[2]. The region is prone to earthquakes.
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- ^ India’s northeastern Assam state (apnews.com)
- ^ forming the Himalayas (apnews.com)