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Magnitude 4.7 Earthquake Near India–Myanmar Border Felt Across Northeast India

Official monitoring placed the shallow epicentre near Manipur’s Ukhrul in a seismically active border zone.

The earthquake hit Myanmar at 6:10 am on Tuesday, September 30.
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Overview

  • The National Center for Seismology logged the quake at 6:10 am IST on September 30 at a depth of 15 km, located at 24.73°N, 94.63°E.
  • The epicentre was about 27 km southeast of Ukhrul, with NCS mapping it 155–193 km from towns in Nagaland and Mizoram.
  • Residents reported tremors across Manipur, Nagaland and Assam, according to early media accounts.
  • Hindustan Times also noted smaller events nearby in time, including a magnitude 3.4 in Maharashtra’s Satara around 12:09 am IST and a 3.3 in Tibet at 4:28 am.
  • Recent days saw additional light seismicity in the region, including a magnitude 3.5 in Bangladesh on September 27 that produced mild shaking in parts of West Bengal.