Bhubaneswar, August 24: A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, 24 Aug 2021 at 12:35 pm. The effect of the quake, which had a dept of 10kms, was felt in most parts of Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu and mostly in Southeast of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Earthquake in Andhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu
The epicentre of the quake is said to be at 296 Kms South east of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Notably, earlier yesterday, Assam was hit by a 4 magnitude earthquake. As per the National Centre for Seismology, the quake was recorded at 1.13 p.m., having its epicentre at Kokrajhar in west Assam at a depth of 10 km.
The quake occurred at 90 km north of Tura in Meghalaya. People were seen running out of homes in west Assam & North West Bengal.
