Shillong, August 31: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook North East early today.
The quake occured at 0055 hours and was epicentred at Myanmar-Manipur-Nagaland border region, officials at the Central Seismological Observatory here said.
There was no report of any damage though the quake was felt in the entire region, officials at the Observatory here said.
This is the third moderate intensity quake in the region in less than a fortnight.
Two moderate intensity quakes, one measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale and another measuring 4.9 shook the region on August 12 and August 19, triggering panic among the people who felt the jolts could implicate a bigger quake on the anvil.
The moderate intensity earthquake on August 12 was the biggest in the last three years, though the region has been witnessing low intensity quakes frequently.
—Agencies