An earthquake shook parts of north-east India and Bangladesh Sunday, causing panic in places, but officials in both countries said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale was felt in India's Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya states.
An official with the local seismological centre in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, said the epicenter was plotted along the border between Manipur and Myanmar. The tremor occurred at 12:56 pm (0726 GMT).
Police and residents in the region said people panicked and rushed out of their homes but there were no reports of casualties or damage so far.
"Our multi-storied building shook vigorously and we ran out in panic," said Pranjal Kumar Bhoralee, a resident in Assam's main city of Guwahati.
India's seven north-eastern states - Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur - are considered by seismologists as the world's sixth major earthquake-prone belt.
They experienced India's worst quake measuring 8.7 on the Richter Scale in 1897, which killed 1,600 people.
Assam experienced a tremor measuring 8.5 in August 1950 which claimed some 1,500 lives.
In Bangladesh the quake's strength was put at 5.6. It was felt in the south-eastern city of Chittagong and also in the capital Dhaka.
Officials at the Chittagong Seismic Observatory said the epicentre was 389 kilometers (243 miles) from the city.
"This was the 23rd tremor this year but it was the strongest this year," said Mominul Islam, officer in charge of the observatory.
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