A 6.7-magnitude earthquake left at least seven people dead, scores injured, and houses and buildings flattened in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur early Monday.
The quake occurred about 18 miles west of Imphal, the state capital, around 4:35 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey .
Manipur's chief minister, Okram Ibobi Singh, told reporters on Monday that the state was assessing the damage.
The deputy commissioner of the Imphal West area, Ningthoujam Geoffrey, said three people died in his jurisdiction and 45 suffered injuries.
A major bridge and the newly built Central Agricultural University were damaged, and bricks tumbled from the building that houses a historic women's market, Ima Keithel.
The tremor was the deadliest in India since the Nepal earthquakes in April and May, which killed more than 8,000 people, including more than 100 in India's border states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.