An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook India's northeast on Monday, triggering panic among residents in the region that experienced the third tremor this month, officials said.

An official at the regional seismological centre in Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, said the tremor was felt at 12.58 am on Monday and had its epicentre at the tri-junction of the borders of the Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland with neighbouring Myanmar.