The earthquake struck at around 2:39pm local time with an epicenter in the Dhalai district of India’s Tripura state close to Bangladesh, officials said.
The tremor caused panic among the locals in the affected region, India’s media outlets report, citing eyewitnesses.
“It was the strongest earthquake that I have felt till date. It felt as if the whole building would collapse,” a local person is quoted as saying by the Indian Express. The tremor also caused several landslides in parts of the Dhalai and Unakoti districts, India TV reports, citing the state fire department. Authorities are now assessing the potential damage, but there are no reports of casualties as of yet.
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