CORRESPONDENTS
DHEKIAJULI/MANGALDAI/JAMUGURIHAT: A strong earthquake rocked Assam on Wednesday with its epicenter near Dhekiajuli. The peak of a small hillock at the picturesque Bhairabkunda on the triangular border of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan partially collapsed. The field at Nangli Sar on River Brahmaputra under Mangaldai Police Station bore deep and long cracks.
Altogether seven back-to-back earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Dhekiajuli at 7:51 am on Wednesday. It caused large-scale damage to hundreds of buildings, both residential and market complexes in the Dhekiajuli area. Following this, tremors of magnitude 4.7, 4, and two 3.6 magnitudes at 8.03 am, 8.13 am, 8.25 am, 8.44 am and at 4.30 pm respectively were felt. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur.