Delhi earthquake news: An earthquake hit Delhi and NCR on Saturday. Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and other areas of the National Capital Region (NCR). According to early reports, several other states, including parts of Uttar Pradesh, also felt the tremors. The provisional magnitude of the tremors was 5.4 on the Richter scale.
According to authorities, the exact time of the quake was 19.57.06 Indian Standard Time. The depth of the quake was 10 kilometers. Tremors were reportedly also felt in parts of Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Nepal, 212 kilometres southeast of Uttarakhand's Joshimath.
In Uttarakhand, the tremors were also felt in Pithoragarh, Munsiyari and Gangolihat districts.
The origin of the quake was in Silang town of Nepal. The affected countries are India, China and Nepal.
So far, there are no reports of any damage to property or life.
This comes just days after Delhi-NCR and several other Indian states felt strong tremors in the dead of the night. The magnitude of the quake was 6.3 and the epicenter was in Nepal. 7 people died in a Nepal city due to the quake.
Nepal had been experiencing a spate of earthquakes over the last few days.
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Nepal experienced its first earthquake of 4.9 magnitude on Tuesday at 8:52 p.m., followed by one of 3.5 magnitudes at 9:41 p.m. Wednesday around 1.57 am, the third earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the nation.
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The earthquake on Saturday triggered panic among the people of Delhi and NCR. Many of them shared videos of their ordeal, showing shaking fans and overhead lights.
Many of the users rued the fact that two earthquakes hit the city within a week.
