Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Manipur, tremors felt in entire Northeast

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Manipur, following which the mild tremors were felt across Northeast this afternoon, the Indian weather office confirmed.

Earthquake tremors were reported from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland. The earthquake struck northeast state at 1:15pm and was measured at 5.2 on the Richter magnitude scale.

The epicentre of the earthquake was in Manipur's Senapati district, the weather office said. The termors of the relatively mild earthquake were felt across the Northeast states.

According to reports, the tremor was also felt in Guwahati and its outskirts areas besides Haflong and Silchar in Assam.