SHILLONG, Apr 27 (PTI): Officials of Meteorological department have rubbished an SMS which was being circulated with an alert that an earthquake would hit North East region tonight.
People across the region today received SMS which said, "Important msg ? The Seismological Dept for Northeast, Shillong have announced that a major earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale may hit Northeast at around 11:17 pm tonight".
Rubbishing the SMS, Seismological Observatory in-charge here A C Lyngdoh told PTI they did not issue any such warning.
"There is no proved technique to forecast earthquakes with reasonable degree of accuracy," he said.
North East lies in the highest seismic zone in the world.
