Earthquake tremors of 3.5-magnitude felt in Delhi-NCR
NEW DELHI : Tremors were felt in parts of the national and adjoining areas on Sunday afternoon after a low-intensity earthquake struck Delhi.
According to the National Centre of Seismology, the earthquake measured 3.5-magnitude on the Richter scale and had its epicentre in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. No casualty or loss of property has been reported.
Earthquake tremors of 3.5-magnitude felt in Delhi-NCR
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This is the third low-intensity earthquake in the national capital amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Delhi had witnessed two back-to-back incidents of low-intensity earthquakes in April.
On April 13, a moderate intensity quake of magnitude 3.5 hit the national capital at a depth of 8 km. The very next day, another low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.7 shook parts of Delhi. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi, occurred at 1.26 pm at a shallow depth of 5 km, said JL Gautam, Head (Operations) at NCS, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
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