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Fresh earth quake in Arunachal Pradesh spreads panic across Tripura
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Fresh earth quake in Arunachal Pradesh spreads panic across Tripura
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AGARTALA, Jan 9 (TIWN): Just after Tripura could recover from the shock of the earthquake which recently rocked Manipur, and other state, another medium intensity earthquake, measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale, on Friday hit Arunachal Pradesh spreading serious panic across Tripura. Just four days after a powerful tremor shook the north-eastern state of Manipur another Fresh earth quake in Arunachal Pradesh spreads panic in Tripura and other states of the north-eastern. A medium intensity earthquake, measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale, today hit Arunachal Pradesh; four days after a powerful tremor shook the north-eastern state of Manipur. According to the Ministry report, the quake hit Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh at 7:12 PM at a depth of 23 kms. There were no immediate reports of loss of life or property.Several multi-storeyed buildings developed cracks due to quake in Tripura with its epicentre in Manipur's Tamenglong district bordering area on Monday last.Incidents of a wall collapse and crack in one house were reported from other districts of Tripura.

The water bodies rose in waves to a considerable height during the quake, as the local people claims.

The tremor also shook Tripura massively where hundreds of people ran out of their homes and assembled on the streets. The tremors were felt in the interior parts of the state.

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Eastern and North Eastern part of India on Monday last.

However, with the continuous report of earthquake in the northeaster states have raised panic among the people of Tripura as Tripura is declared high risk prone for earthquakes by the NDMA after the state was found to fall under seis

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