Earthquake today: Manipur hit by twin quakes, 5.7 magnitude tremors felt in Assam, Meghalaya, other Northeastern states

Earthquake today: Two earthquakes hit Manipur Wednesday morning causing panic among locals. One of the two quakes was of magnitude 5.7 on Richter scale. Tremors of twin earthquakes were felt across Northeastern states including Assam and Meghalaya, reported PTI.

The earthquake of 5.7 magnitude struck the state at 11:06 am and its epicentre was located nearly 44 km east of Yairipok in Imphal East district, and at a depth of 110 km, according to officials of the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong.

Hours later, another earthquake jolted the hilly state in the Northeast at 12:20 pm. The second earthquake in manipur struck the Kamjong district of the state, at a depth of 66 km, they added.

Earthquake today: Tremors felt in Assam, Meghalaya, etc

As per the Regional Seismological Centre, today's earthquake tremors were felt in Assam, Meghalaya, and other parts of the region.

There are reports of minor damage in buildings and other structures in maniour. As per a PTI report, crackes appeared in several buildings in Manipur. Several videos shared on social media showed cracks at a school building in Wangjing Lamding in Thoubal district where a relief camp for the ethnic strife hit people was being run.

"We are confirming the reports of the damage," an official in Imphal told PTI. No damage was reported so far in other states of the region.

Earthquake hits Myanmar-India border region

Few hours ago, an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Myanmar-India border region, as per the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

Earlier this week, Myanmar was struck by another earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on Richter scale. Tremors were felt across a major area of Myanmar because of the low depth of earthquake's epicentre. As per the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km on Monday.