A 6.9 magnitude quake hit Myanmar at roughly 8:25 p.m. Wednesday night (which is 9:55 a.m. EDT), the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were reports of tremors being felt in the cities of Kolkata, Patna, Guwahati, Delhi and NCR. Germany’s Research Center for Geosciences says the magnitude was 7.1. Delhi metro services were briefly halted after tremors were felt in the city.
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The quake struck at a depth of 135km, it said.
“It was around 4 in the evening”, she recalls, and said that people from her and adjoining buildings immediately evacuated their homes.
The quake was also felt in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal at around 7:45 pm on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage to property or life.
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Odisha’s coastal areas, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Balasore and Bhadrak, felt the tremors.
