Earthquake shakes Indian-Myanmar border

13 May, 2006

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has rocked the border between India and neighbouring Myanmar, India's meteorological department said Friday.
The quake, centred around north-west Myanmar and the far eastern Indian state of Mizoram, occurred at 10:53 pm Indian Standard Time (1653 GMT) on Thursday, the department said, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

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