Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hits Arunachal Pradesh, tremors felt in North-East

Update at 4:44 PM: Arunachal Presh government issues statement:

"5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at 2:52 PM. epicentre of earthquake was at East Kameng district. Two aftershocks of quake were also felt at 3:04 PM and 3:21 PM in Kurung Kumey district. dam has been reported."

Update at 15:50: China has attempted to use earthquake to needle India over its border, with state-run CGTN reporting epicentre as Shannan in Tibetan automous region.

A mir earthquake of 5.5 magnitude was felt in rth-eastern state of Arunachal Presh on Friday afteron. epicentre of quake was at depth of 16.8 km and was located 64 km rast of Bomdila, Arunachal Presh, as per US Geological Survey. Tremors of quake were also felt in Assam. 

earthquake was reported at around 3:19 PM IST. 

Furr details awaited. 

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