AGARTALA, Aug 24 (TIWN): An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings across the country and the region.

The quake struck 143 km (88 miles) west of the city of Meiktila at a depth of 84 km (52 miles).

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake shook buildings in buildings in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon and in other towns and cities, witnesses said.

Office buildings in the Thai capital of Bangkok, to the east of Myanmar, shook for a few seconds, residents there said. The quake was also felt in Bangladesh, to the west of Myanmar, residents said.

Incidents of a wall collapse and crack in one house were reported from other districts of Tripura.

The water bodies rose in waves to a considerable height during the quake, as the local people claims.

The tremor also shook Tripura massively where hundreds of people ran out of their homes and assembled on the streets. The tremors were felt in the interior parts of the state.

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Eastern and North Eastern part of India on Wednesday.

However, with the continuous report of earthquake in the northeaster states have raised panic among the people of Tripura as Tripura is declared high risk prone for earthquakes by the NDMA after the state was found to fall under seismic zone V.