Two earthquakes struck Assam’s Cachar district within an hour on Thursday night, causing brief panic in the Barak Valley. The first tremor measured 4.7 and the second 3.3 on the Richter scale.
Details regarding the epicentre and impact of the seismic activity were not immediately clear. A magnitude 5 earthquake is considered a moderate one, with the potential to cause noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises, and minor damage
A total of eight quakes jolted the state since Wednesday night and all originated in and around Tezpur, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in its bulletin.
