Gangtok: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Sikkim’s Yuksom on today morning. Taking to Twitter, the National Center for Seismology tweeted, “Earthquake of Magnitude 4.5 occurred on 05-11-2021, 07:18:36 IST, Lat: 28.63 & Long: 87.37, Depth: 80 km, Location: 163 km NNW of Yuksom, Sikkim.”
No reports of damages or casualties were reported from the region.
Also read: Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck Assam’s Tezpur
Tremors of magnitude 3.7 hit Tezpur in Assam on November 4, as reported by the National Center for Seismology. The NCS in its tweet informed, “Tremors of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 04-11-2021, 10:19:08 IST, Lat: 26.59 & Long: 92.44, Depth: 25 Km ,Location: 35km WSW of Tezpur, Assam, India”
The earthquake was felt at 10:19 am at a depth of 25 kilometres.
Areas near Tezpur too felt the jolt in the morning time though no reports of any damages have been reported.
It may be mentioned here that, Assam has been receiving episodic reports of earthquakes in the last few weeks.
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