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An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude has hit northeast India, near its border with Myanmar and Bangladesh, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said. | |
The quake hit at 04:35 local time (23:05 GMT Sunday) about 33km (20 miles) northwest of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, according to USGS. | |
Strong tremors have been felt across the region. | |
The BBC's Salman Saeed in Dhaka says many people were seen fleeing their homes in Bangladesh. | |
The USGS estimated that as many as 98m people in the region may have felt the earthquake. | |
The region has a history of powerful earthquakes caused by the northward collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates. They are moving towards each other at a rate of 4-5cm per year. | |
In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir left more than 75,000 people dead. | |
In April 2015, Nepal suffered its worst earthquake on record with 9,000 people killed and about 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed. |