Earthquake hits Mizoram

An earthquake of 5.3 hit Mizoram at 4:10 am on Monday. The depth of the quake was 20 km while the coordinates of the epicenter are 23.22 (latitude) and 93.24 (longitude).

“Earthquake of magnitude:5.3; Occurred on 22-06-2020, 04:10:52 IST; Lat: 23.22 and Long: 93.24; Depth: 20 Km; Location: 27 km SSW of Champhai, Mizoram, India,” the National Centre for Seismology tweeted.

Tremors were felt in the north-east for the second consecutive day. On Sunday, the Earth Science Department of Manipur University said that a 5.1 quake hit Manipur at 4:16 PM with the epicentre 9 km from the Ngopa area in Mizoram.

Update by Chetna Goel