A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale hit a northeastern Indian state on Saturday morning, but no casualties have been reported, the Indian news agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported.

The shock was felt at 04:50 a.m in most areas of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, reported the Regional Seismological Center at Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.

The quake triggered panic in the affected regions, and many residents hurriedly ran out of the buildings. However, no injures or deathes have been reported, said IANS.

The northeastern regions of India are in the sixth most quake- prone belt in the world, said the Indian seismologists.