[4] However, Bangladesh and northern India also felt it, with residents in Guwahati, Assam reporting cracks in buildings.

[3] One businessman said the earthquake happened as shopping was underway for the Blessed Rainy Day ceremony of Buddhism.

[5] Another inhabitant said it "made the surrounding hills look like they were throwing up dust" and that "the road was suddenly filled with boulders and mud".

[2] An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale was heard in Myanmar and the northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur and the following day.

[1] Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Thinley said the earthquake was "one of the biggest disasters in recent times".