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An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude jolted the cardinal portion of Assam connected Monday (January 5, 2026) morning, an authoritative bulletin said.
There is nary contiguous study of immoderate wounded to anyone oregon harm to immoderate property, officials said.
A National Centre for Seismology study said the quake was recorded astatine 4.17 a.m. successful Morigaon territory connected the confederate slope of Brahmaputra, astatine a extent of 50 km.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located astatine a latitude 26.37 N and longitude of 92.29 E successful cardinal Assam, it added.
People successful the neighbouring Kamrup Metropolitan, Nagaon, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Hojai, Dima Hasao, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dhubri, South Salmara-Mankachar and Goalpara districts besides felt the jolt.
Darrang, Tamulpur, Sonitpur, Kamrup, Biswanath, Udalguri, Nalbari, Bajali, Barpeta, Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Lakhimpur connected the bluish slope of Brahmaputra excessively felt the tremor.
The earthquake could beryllium felt successful immoderate areas of central-western Arunachal Pradesh, full Meghalaya, and respective areas of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal.
Central-eastern Bhutan, parts of China and Bangladesh were besides shaken, the study showed.
The tremor forced radical to scamper retired of their homes to unfastened areas from their sleep.
The northeastern portion falls successful the precocious seismic zone, making it earthquake-prone.
