NDRF teams have been deployed in the worst-hit Tamenglong district of Manipur, which was the epicentre of the quake, while another is on standby in Silchar in Assam.
Authorities in India's Manipur state where the quake was centered said another 70 people had been injured by the quake, which damaged buildings in capital Imphal.
The USGS website showed user-submitted reports of moderate to strong ground shaking from many locations in the far eastern part of India as well as parts of neighboring Bangladesh, which lies west of the quake's epicenter. However, it did not cause any damage. Electricity connection was cut off in the state soon after the quake.
Indian Home Ministry spokesman Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia told CNN that 43 people had been injured in addition to the 6 deaths in Manipur and that residential and government buildings had been damaged in Imphal. (Courtesy of theindianrepublic.com)
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