Earthquake Of Magnitude 2.5 Hits Delhi NCR

At roughly 9.30 p.m. today, a magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 kilometres west of New Delhi. The earthquake was 5 kilometres below ground.

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A minor earthquake occurred in Delhi Tuesday night, according to the National Centre for Seismology. 

Earthquake of Magnitude:2.5, Occurred on 29-11-2022, 21:30:10 IST, Lat: 28.61 & Long: 77.12, Depth: 5 Km ,Location: 8km W of New Delhi, India for more information Download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/yX8dmXeqi4@Indiametdept @ndmaindia pic.twitter.com/VEJ02OFIFt

— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) November 29, 2022

The epicentre of the 2.5 magnitude quake was eight kilometres west of New Delhi. It occurred at 9:30 p.m.

The depth of the earthquake was 5 kilometres below the ground. 

Tremors were felt in the national capital. More information is awaited. 

Earlier this month, the capital experienced several earthquake tremors. On November 12 night, a 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, causing tremors in Delhi-NCR and other northern states. An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Nepal on November 9, with significant tremors felt in portions of North-Northeastern India.

On November 8, at 8:52 p.m., a magnitude 4.9 earthquake was reported in Nepal. In the early morning of the same day, Nepal was jolted by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake.

The tremors were felt in Delhi and the nearby areas of Ghaziabad and Gurugram, as well as in Lucknow, jolting people awake.

OP Mishra, Director of the National Centre for Seismology, highlighted how three pre-shocks that occurred 10 days before the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on November 9 helped escape a worse disaster in the Himalayan region bordering Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand.

"The biggest safety point of the Himalayan region is that smaller quakes keep on happening and there is leakage of stress," Mishra, who carried out a study of the recent earthquakes in the region, was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. 

Over the last 150 years, four major earthquakes have been recorded in the Himalayan region, including tremors in Shillong in 1897, Kangra in 1905, Bihar-Nepal in 1934, and Assam in 1950.

In 1991, an earthquake struck Uttarkashi, followed by one in Chamoli in 1999 and one in Nepal in 2015.

(With Inputs From Agencies)