NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck eastern India with epicenter around the Indo-Myanmar border. It is for the second time in last three days that a major earthquake was reported.
The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.9 quake struck today at a depth of 135 kilometers.
Germany's Research Center for Geosciences says the magnitude was 7.1.
The USGS says the quake's epicenter was 396 kilometers north of Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw.