The Epicentre of the earthquake was placed at a depth of 17 km. The epicentre was once positioned 9 km away from the town of Dhekiajuli of Assam.
National Center for Seismology: It is the nodal organisation that monitors earthquake pastime in India. It continues a National Seismological Network of one hundred fifteen stations. Each station holds a separate equipment. Apart from monitory, the core also performs Seismic Hazard Microzonation and seismological research.