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The eastern parts of India including the states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, Bihar, East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and Burma were rocked by a sharp earthquake on the morning of 22 March, 1954. The earthquake was felt strongly at Shillong and lasted for nearly three minutes. The earthquake did not caused any major damage even at places near the epicenter. The epicentral location is 24.5N, 95.0E and its maximum MM intensity reported as VI and with focal depth of 180 Km. (Tandon and Mukherjee, 1956).
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