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Quake hits State [1]

A low-intensity earthquake rocked the State around 4-15 pm (IST) today. According to sources in the Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here, the location of the epicenter of the tremor, measured to be 4.9 in magnitude on the Richter Scale, was found to be near Sonitpur district at latitude 26.6 degree North and longitude 92.5 degree East.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
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Natural Disasters [3], Earthquakes [4], Assam [5], Sonitpur [6], Manipur [7]
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