Low Intensity Earthquake Hits Delhi; Fourth Since April 12
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Alow-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.2 hit Delhi on Friday, fourth in around a month, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
The epicentre was Pitampura in north Delhi.
“Low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.2 hits Pitampura in Delhi,” NCS was quoted by news agency PTI. The NCS said the quake occurred at 11.28 am at a depth of eight kilometres.
A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Delhi on May 10. The epicentre of the quake was near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi.
The same location and nearby areas were the epicentre of the earthquakes on April 12 and 13 of magnitude 3.5 and 2.7, respectively.
Low Intensity Earthquake Hits Delhi; Fourth Since April 12
Of the five seismic zones, Delhi falls under the fourth zone.
According to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, seismicity around Delhi appears to be associated with a major geological structure known as the Delhi-Hardwar Ridge.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 had hit the national capital in 2004. Another 3.4 magnitude quake was recorded in the city in 2001, according to official data.
The major quakes recorded near the national capital were at Bulandshahr (magnitude 6.7) on October 10, 1956 and at Moradabad (magnitude 5.8) on August 15, 1966. Both are in western Uttar Pradesh.
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