Delhi falls below the fourth of the 5 seismic zones.
New Delhi:
A low-intensity earthquake was reported within the nationwide capital this afternoon.
In line with Nationwide Middle for Seismology, the earthquake measuring 2.1 hit Punjabi Bagh space of Delhi at 12:02 pm at a depth of seven km from the floor.
There was no speedy report of any injury to life or property.
Delhi falls below the fourth of the 5 seismic zones. It’s uncommon that Delhi has been the epicentre of an earthquake. The town, nonetheless, feels tremors when a quake happens even so far as central Asia or within the Himalayan vary, which is a excessive seismic zone.
In February, sturdy tremors have been felt in Delhi and surrounding areas for a number of seconds after a robust earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck in Tajikistan – about 1,200 km from the nationwide capital.
The key quakes recorded close to the nationwide capital have been at Bulandshahr of magnitude 6.7 on October 10,1956, and at Mordabad of magnitude 5.8 on August 15, 1966. Each are in western Uttar Pradesh.
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