An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Meghalaya, Assam and some other north-east states this morning.
The quake, which had a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale, had its epi-centre 10 km underneath the earth's crust along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Karimganj area of Assam, officials at the Regional Seismological Centre here said.
The officials said the quake was of "moderate" intensity which lasted for a few seconds only around 7 am and all major towns in the region felt the tremor.
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There was no casualty in the tremor which caused minor cracks in some buildings in the state capital.