Mild quake jolts Assam, Meghalaya

An earthquake of mild intensity was felt some parts of Assam and Meghalaya early in the morning on Thursday.

Measuring a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale, the tremor occurred at around 6-45 with its epicenter at latitude 26.3 degrees north and longitude 92.5 degrees east in Morigaon district of Assam, about 85 km from the Central Seismological Observatory (CSO) at Upper Shillong. There was no report of loss of life and property.