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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Earthquake:

The seven northeastern states — Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur — are considered by seismologists as the sixth major earthquake prone belt in the world. In 1897, the region experienced India’s worst earthquake, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, killing 1,600 people.

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