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Biggest earthquake in 20 years in Northeast
Records
of
Central
Seismological
Observatory
showed
increasing
seismic
activity
in
the
region.
A
total
of
34
quakes
of
light
and
moderate
intensity
were
felt
in
the
region
in
2009.
The
area
witnessed
26
earthquakes
each
in
2008
and
2007,
while
it
was
23
in
2006,
the
data
showed.
On February 4 this year, a quake of 6.4 magnitude with its epicentre in the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur shook the region. An earthquake of similar intensity (6.8) had rocked the northeast on August 6, 1988.
On October 11, 2000 a quake of 6.0 intensity was felt in the region, while on September 21, 2009, another measuring 6.2 had claimed six lives in neighbouring Bhutan, where it was epicentred.
The north eastern region had experienced some of the world's worst quakes like the Shillong quake and the Assam quake of 1950 both measuring around 8.5.
An earthquake in 1897 in Shillong plateau had left 1,542 people dead.
PTI
