Morigaon, Feb. 27 -- According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), an earthquake of magnitude five on the Richter scale struck Assam's Morigaon district in the early hours of Thursday. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 2:25 am at a depth of 16 kilometres.

"EQ of M: 5.0, On: 27/02/2025 02:25:40 IST, Lat: 26.28 N, Long: 92.24 E, Depth: 16 Km, Location: Morigaon, Assam," the NCS said on X.

The sudden tremors startled residents, causing many to rush out of their homes at midnight.

Social media strongly reacted to the tremors as one user stated, "Did you feel?" Another user remarked, "Made me wake up , such was the shock and at this time of night it's damn scary." A third user stated, "It felt mush stronger than 5 here i...