Mild quake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted western Mizoram’s mountainous Mamit district and adjoining areas on Sunday. There has been no immediate report of loss of life or damage to property. Sunday’s tremor is the second earthquake in the mountainous northeastern region within four days. More than one quake every week hit a northeastern state with most tremors measuring 3 to 4 on theRichter scale, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data. The region falls in sixth most earthquake- prone region in the world, with more than one tremor every week. The tremors were also felt in Guwahati and other parts of the state. In 1950, an earthquake measuring 8.7 altered the course of the mighty Brahmaputra river, which passes by the congested GuWahati city, the northeastern region’s main commercial hub. Another earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northeastern India in 1988, killing more than 200 people in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The authorities are regularly conducting awareness campaigns about the frequent quakes in the northeastern states.
Mild quake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted western Mizoram’s….
