A house collapsed in Imphal after 6.7-magnitude earthquake Photo: Twitter
HAI India news agency reported 4-1 days at least 6 people were killed in the state of Manipur after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake occurred this morning.
US Department of Survey earthquake (USGS) said the quake occurred at 4g35 am (local time) from the city of Imphal, Manipur state about 29 km west - northwest.
AFP said the strong shaking from the earthquake could be felt in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka where local television reported 24 people injured hospitalized in panic when the quake struck.
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Earlier, the AP citing local police, said in the city of Imphal Manipur state, at least 4 people were killed and over 100 others injured.
Imphal city is home to over 400,000 people in India. Residents of the city were also posted on the social network Twitter photos of the buildings damaged by the earthquake on the cause.
People in West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh of India also felt the vibration of this. The people in Kolkata also felt the shaking and fled the building in the remote town of West Bengal state this.
"People ran out of their homes in panic," - said residents Rabin Dev.
Disaster Response Force India Country dispatched rescue teams to the states affected by this earthquake.
USGS issued a yellow warning about the extent of casualties of the earthquake this morning. Yellow alert means that forecasts have between 1 and 10 people were killed by the earthquake shaking.
Seven states in India located in an area with frequent seismic activity.
1950 dozens of villages have been swallowed up in an earthquake with the epicenter in the Tibetan cause severe damage but most of the Indian state of Assam.
More than 1,500 people died in the 7.6-magnitude earthquake and the floods and landslides caused by subsequent tremors caused earthquakes
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