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Quake jolts India-Myanmar border
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the India-Myanmar border region early Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Updated on: Jul 16, 2012, 08:01:14 IST
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An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the India-Myanmar border region early Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake occurred at 1:25 am Sunday, 43 km east-south-east of Kohima, capital of India's Nagaland state. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) put the magnitude at 5.5.
According to Xinhua, the epicentre, with at a depth of 6.5 km, was determined to be at 25.4 degrees north latitude and 94.4 degrees east longitude.
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