Tremors were felt in neighboring Delhi, the second in a week | Tech Reddy

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Tremors were felt in neighboring Delhi, the second in a week

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New Delhi:

Tremors were felt in Delhi and neighboring states around 8 pm tonight, forcing many to leave their homes and offices in the second quake felt in the region. The epicenter was again in Nepal, with a magnitude of 5.4, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The Earthquake Monitoring Authority of Nepal said that the epicenter of the earthquake was near Patadewal in Bajhang district and the exact time was 8.12 pm local time, which means 7.57 pm in India. “This is the fifth earthquake of magnitude 4 or higher to hit Nepal in the last three days,” authorities said.

It was less intense than the earthquakes felt in Delhi and other parts of north India earlier this week. The depth was again 10 km below the Earth’s surface.

Tremors were reported from Noida and Gurugram today, besides Haryana and other parts of UP, Uttarakhand and Punjab. People reacted immediately on Twitter and other social media platforms, sharing many memes as well

Earlier, on Tuesday night, strong tremors were felt in Delhi around 2 am after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Nepal. According to the National Center for Seismology, the depth of the earthquake was about 10 km. Six people were killed and eight injured in Nepal. The epicenter was in Doti district, about 70 km from today’s epicenter.



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