6.1-magnitude earthquake hits India-Myanmar border region and shakes Bangladesh

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An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit the border region between Myanmar and India early Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

According to the Indian National Center of Seismology, the earthquake was at a depth of 12 kilometers, and was located about 140 kilometers from Aizawl in northeastern India.

It was felt in Chittagong in Bangladesh and as far away as the eastern city of Kolkata, about 280 miles (450.62 kilometers) from Aizawl, according to eyewitnesses posted on the EMSC website and by users on Twitter.

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“Very strong,” one such witness posted on EMSC from Chittagong, which is about 184 kilometers (115 miles) west of the epicenter.

The quake was felt across states in northeastern India and major cities in Bangladesh, according to EMSC and India’s earthquake monitoring agency.

EMSC estimated the earthquake’s magnitude at 5.8, having earlier given it a magnitude of 6.0.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru and Deviot Ghoshal; Editing by Sam Holmes and Lincoln Fest)

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