Delhi Earthquake: Tremors that lasted for almost 10 seconds have been reported in Delhi-NCR.
New Delhi:
Sturdy tremors have been felt throughout north India within the small hours of Wednesday after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan area close to Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand alongside the Nepal border.
The Nationwide Centre for Seismology (NCS) mentioned the epicenter of the earthquake was in Nepal, about 90 km east-southeast of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, and it struck at 1.57 am Wednesday.
The tremors have been felt in Delhi and surrounding areas of Ghaziabad and Gurugram and even in Lucknow, jolting individuals out of their sleep.
The Himalayan area in Uttarakhand and adjoining Nepal has been experiencing earthquakes of decrease magnitude for the previous couple of days.
Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi tweeted, “Did not need to tweet however one can safely say it did really feel like an earthquake!” Congress chief Radhika Khera urged individuals to “keep alert and keep secure”.
Radio Jockey Raunac mentioned, “It was scary…extraordinarily scary.” The USGS mentioned the epicentre of the earthquake was at 21 km from Dipayal in Nepal.
The area had skilled no less than two earthquakes of 4.9 magnitude and three.5 magnitude late Tuesday night, the NCS information confirmed.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake had struck Uttarakhand on Sunday with the epicenter 17 km east-southeast of Uttarkashi.
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