An earthquake hit the Northeast this afternoon, the Indian weather office confirmed. The earthquake struck at 1:15pm and was measured at 5.2 on the Richter magnitude scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Manipur's Senapati district, the weather officec said.

The earthquake led to tremors across the Northeast. Earthquake tremors were reported from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

There were no reports of any damage or loss of lives.