Back-to-back earthquakes rock Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur

Imphal, June 20: Back-to-back earthquakes hitting two regions in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, were reported from the northeastern part of India on Sunday morning, as the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) notified of a series of tremors, all ranging from magnitude 3.1-3.6 on the Richter Scale. No casualties or damage to property, however, have yet been reported in the incidents.

According to alerts issued by NCS, the first earthquake, measuring magnitude 3.1 on the Richter Scale, occurred near Arunachal Pradesh’s Pangin at around 1:02 am. This was followed shortly by other earthquakes, measuring magnitude 3.6 on the Richter Scale, near Shirui village in Manipur Ukrul district.

According to the National Centre for Seismology, the first earthquake hit 95 kilometres north-northwest of Pangin in Arunachal Pradesh at 1:02 am at a depth of 17 kilometres. The second quake hit 20 kilometres northwest of Shirui in Manipur at 1:22 am at a depth of 30 kilometres.

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A bit later, around 5:41 am, another mild earthquake, measuring magnitude 3.1 on the Richter Scale, was reported 62km north of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, at a depth of 15km, the NCS reported.