GUWAHATI: At least one person was feared dead after an earthquake measuring 6.8 struck near Imphal in eastern India on Monday, sending people running from their homes and knocking out power to the city near the Myanmar border.

The US Geological Survey said the quake was 57 kms (35 miles) deep and struck 29 kms west of Imphal. It initially reported it had struck inside Myanmar.

Police and disaster response teams in Imphal reported portions of walls, staircase and roofs in some building have collapsed.

There were reports that one man died in a building collapse in Imphal, according to Maj. General Anurag Gupta of India's National Disaster Management Authority.

Residents said people fled their homes and power was down across the city.

About a dozen people were injured and several buildings had been damaged, including the hospital, police said.

"It was the biggest earthquake we've felt in Imphal," disaster response worker Kanarjit Kangujam told Reuters by telephone from Imphal.

People in Bangladesh and Nepal ran from their homes, and the quake was also felt as far away as the Myanmar capital Yangon, about 1,176 kms (730 miles) to the south, residents said.

An official at Myanmar's Meteorological Department in Naypyidaw said there were no reports of damage or casualties on the Myanmar side of the border.