An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter Scale jolted the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). No casualty?or damage to properties have been reported so far, officials said.

According to the NCS, the quake had an epicenter north of Pangin in Siang district.

"Earthquake of magnitude 4.0, occurred on 28-07-2023, 08:50:36 IST, Lat 30.01 and Long: 98.48, Depth 10 Km, Location: 221 Km NNW of Panging, Arunachal Pradesh, India," the NCS said in its Twitter handle.

Earlier on July 22, an earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter scale hit Tawang district in the northeastern state.