<p>Officials at the Met department here told PTI, "A moderate intensity earthquake shook the region at around 8:45 IST and its epicentre was located at the Indo-Myanmar border."</p>.<p>A US geological website located the epicentre at about 130 km east of Manipur deep within Myanmar.<br /><br />Considered to be seismologically active, Northeastern states are considered as one of the most seismically hazardous zones in the south Asia.</p>.<p>In 1987, an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale claimed as many 1,600 people in the region. </p>
<p>Officials at the Met department here told PTI, "A moderate intensity earthquake shook the region at around 8:45 IST and its epicentre was located at the Indo-Myanmar border."</p>.<p>A US geological website located the epicentre at about 130 km east of Manipur deep within Myanmar.<br /><br />Considered to be seismologically active, Northeastern states are considered as one of the most seismically hazardous zones in the south Asia.</p>.<p>In 1987, an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale claimed as many 1,600 people in the region. </p>