A moderate intensity earthquake hit the northeastern region of the country and adjoining Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan on Monday morning according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The earthquake was felt in parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.

“The quake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 4.37 a.m and had its epicentre in Manipur’s Tamenglong district bordering,” said an official of the regional seismological centre here in Meghalaya. “The ground swayed for almost a minute, jolting people awake in their homes,” Apem Arthur, a resident told AP. The area is dotted with small houses. There are few tall buildings in the region, she said.

The building was collapsed in Imphal and 35 people injured in this and six people died due to injuries. People of West Bengal from Siliguri district were also injured. The number of those injured is likely to rise. Two NDRF teams have been rushed to Imphal from Guwahati and power supply has been cut-off in Imphal and is yet to be restored. The NDMA is monitoring the situation and coordinating rescue efforts.

PM Narendra Modi spoke to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who is currently in Assam, saying that all the necessary steps to be taken for the affected.

Spoke to Arunachal Pradesh CM Shri Nabam Tuki on the situation arising in the wake of the earthquake.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 4, 2016

Had a telephone conversation with Assam CM Shri Tarun Gogoi on the earthquake in the state & the region.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 4, 2016

Spoke to MoS Home Shri @KirenRijiju who is in Arunachal Pradesh. He will reach Imphal this afternoon to monitor the situation from Manipur

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) January 4, 2016

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that ” PM Modi is monitoring the situation and that he has already spoken to Chief Ministers Tarun Gogoi and Nabam Tuki. An NDRF team has been instructed to move from Guwahati to the areas affected by the earthquake.”

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