India's northeastern states and Bangladesh shook on Wednesday evening after a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar, officials said.
The tremors were felt at 7. 25 p. m. with its epicentre in the Myanmar - India border region, said an official of the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong.
Seven of the northeastern states - - Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur - - are considered by seismologists as the sixth major earthquake - prone belt in the world.