5.5 quake hits NE, 1 killed in West Bengal

GUWAHATI/SILIGURI: An ea- rthquake of 5.5 magnitude with epicentre in Kokrajhar rocked Assam and neighbouring

Meghalaya

,

West Bengal

,

Jharkhand

and Bihar on Wednesday. In Assam, the quake damaged buildings in many places across Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts.


The tremors felt in Bengal’s

Siliguri

triggered panic that led to the accidental death of a 22-year-old youth at Binoypara in the town’s Santinagar locality. The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, was also felt in Kolkata.

Assam, along with other north-eastern states, is located in the seismically active Zone V.