Earthquake today: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of Tuesday, various earthquake monitoring agencies reported.
According to the latest figures by the National Centre for Seismology, the magnitude was 6.3 on the Richter scale. The tremors struck the Bay of Bengal at 00:11:50 IST.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a latitude 6.82 degree north: and a longitude of 93.37 degree east. The depth of the quake was recorded at 10 kilometres, making it a shallow one.
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