IMPHAL, July 29: A moderate earthquake of magnitude 6.0 ML on the Richter’s Scale rocked the entire Manipur and its adjoining North Eastern regions. The earthquake which was triggered at 07 Hr 51 Min 12.90 Sec AM (IST) was felt at 07 Hr 51 Min 44.19 Sec at the Seismological Observatory of Manipur University (The earthquake wave took about 31 seconds to reach Imphal). The epicentre was located at 23.065?N/94.561?E in the Ponnyadaung Hill Range of Chin State (Magwe Division) of Myanmar,about 30 km south of Kalewa town and western side of Chindwin River. The depth of the earthquake is estimated about 70 km. It is about 210 km from Imphal, informed a source from Seismological Observatory of Manipur University, Canchipur.
In this month July, the state has experienced moderate earthquake three times on July 1, July 15 and July 29.