Powerful earthquake hits north-east India, killing at least six

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A 6&period;7 magnitude earthquake has hit India’s remote north east region&comma; killing at least six people&comma; injuring more than 100 others and damaging buildings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The death and injuries were caused by falling debris in and around Imphal&comma; the capital of Manipur state&comma; police said&period; Three people were killed in Imphal and another three in other parts of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The powerful tremor left large cracks in walls and a portion of a popular market building collapsed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The area is dotted with small houses and there are few tall buildings in the region&comma; although a newly-built six-floor building collapsed in Imphal&period; A bridge also was damaged on the outskirts of the city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The quake struck before dawn at a depth of about 10 miles in the India-Burma border region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police officer L Ragui said dozens of homes were damaged in Tamenglong&period; No deaths had been reported there&comma; but four people were injured when a wall collapsed on them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shangton Kamei&comma; a teacher in Tamenglong&comma; said the earthquake rattled buildings&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It lasted for around one minute&period; We were sleeping and were woken up by the earthquake&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Telephone and electricity connections were disrupted in some areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The epicentre of the earthquake was 20 miles north west of Imphal&period; The area is remote with poor mobile and internet connections and information about conditions outside major cities could take time to emerge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nearly 90 members of the National Disaster Response Force&comma; a special national force for natural disasters&comma; were checking on remote areas&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>People panicked and rushed out of their homes in Gauhati&comma; the capital of neighbouring Assam state&comma; as they felt massive shaking at least twice within 60 seconds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Imphal&comma; residents said furniture was knocked over and books fell off shelves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The ground swayed for almost a minute&comma; jolting people awake in their homes&comma;” said Apem Arthur&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The tremors were also felt in Kolkata&comma; formerly Calcutta&comma; the capital of West Bengal state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5d9d5207d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5d9d5207d'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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