Earthquake tremors in Myanmar and India

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Yangon, agencies. Earthquake tremors were felt in Myanmar at 08:19 am on Monday. The earthquake measured 5.1 on the Richter scale.

Detailed information is awaited right now. Apart from this, earthquake tremors were also felt in Nagaland.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Center (European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, EMSC) reported that the earthquake measured 4.7 of the quake 132 kilometers east of Tuensang in Nagaland.

India Meteorological Department (IMD): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on Richter Scale struck Myanmar at 08:19 am today. pic.twitter.com/o9th2jHOQb
— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2019

According to the information received, the atmosphere of chaos was seen due to the earthquake in the northeast. The epicenter of the earthquake is said to be underground in Myanmar.

The Meteorological Department said that tremors were also felt in Dibrugarh, Dimapur Sadar, Imphal, Nagaon and Silchar areas of India. Earlier, lightning tremors were felt in Manipur on August 17. The earthquake intensity was then recorded at 2.9.

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC): An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck 132 km East of Tuensang in Nagaland today.
— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2019

The earthquake was also felt in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, according to the Xinhua news agency.

The report states that its intensity was recorded at 5.3 on the Richter scale in the northeast, 36 km from the Bulala region.

The US Geological Survey has reported that the epicenter was at a depth of 55 kilometers in latitude 7.92 and 159.34 degrees east longitude. However, a tsunami warning was not issued given its low intensity.

Apart from these, earthquake tremors were felt in the rest of the world on Monday.

According to the news agency Xinhua, a magnitude 1.8 quake in Clear Lake, Colombia, a magnitude 3.2 in Hetatoba-Tarutung, northern Sumatra, a very mild tremor were felt in Katla in southern Iceland.

Apart from these, a severe shock of 3.9 intensity was also felt in Sabancaya, southern Peru.