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  • Earthquake: Strong earthquake in Delhi-NCR, people got scared, came out of their homes

    Earthquake tremors in Delhi-NCR: Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on Sunday. Earthquake tremors were also felt in many parts of Haryana. As soon as the earthquake was felt, people came out of their homes and came onto the streets. It is noteworthy that earlier on October 3, earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi NCR. The epicenter of the earthquake that occurred on October 3 was in Nepal. The intensity of the earthquake was 4.6 on the Richter scale.

    people in panic

    Here, in Faridabad, Haryana, an earthquake of 3.1 magnitude was felt at 4.08 pm on Sunday evening. Giving information, the National Seismology Center said that the epicenter of the earthquake was located nine kilometers east of Faridabad and 30 kilometers southeast of Delhi. People suddenly became scared due to the earthquake. People felt earthquake tremors in Noida also. Many people present in crowded places also felt tremors. OP Mishra, director of the National Center for Seismology of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said India is located in a seismically active region, but with so many low-intensity earthquakes occurring every day, the stored energy gets released.

    earthquake in afghanistan

    Earlier on Sunday, earthquake tremors were also felt in western Afghanistan. The intensity of the earthquake was 6.3 on the Richter scale. About a week before this, thousands of people died in the earthquake and aftershocks that occurred in the same area of ​​Afghanistan and many villages in the area were destroyed. The US Geological Survey said that the epicenter of Sunday’s earthquake was about 34 kilometers away from the provincial capital Herat and at a depth of eight kilometers (five miles) from the surface. The aid group said that two people had died in the earthquake. .

    Many villages destroyed due to earthquake

    It is noteworthy that earlier due to the earthquake that occurred in Herat on October 7, many villages were destroyed. This was one of the most devastating earthquakes in the recent history of the country. More than 2 thousand people were reported dead. The United Nations said that more than 90 percent of those killed in this earthquake were women and children. Many villages were destroyed due to the initial earthquake, aftershocks and then again the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday.

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  • Earthquake: Two tremors felt in Nepal, 10 people injured, the earth trembled for a few seconds.

    People from Nepal to Delhi-NCR, UP, Uttarakhand and many other states of India were shaken by the earthquake. After the earthquake, people ran out of offices and homes in panic. Actually the epicenter of the earthquake was the western parts of Nepal. On Tuesday, two earthquakes of 5.3 and 6.3 magnitude were felt in Nepal in the afternoon. It is being told that at least 10 people have been injured in earthquake related incidents. The Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted it as saying that the first tremor of the 5.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at 2:40 pm in Bajhang district, located 700 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu. After this, a second shock of 6.3 magnitude occurred at 3:06 pm.

    Six tremors of earthquake felt
    According to the National Seismology Centre, after these two tremors, at least six aftershocks of magnitude four to five on the Richter scale were felt in Bajhang district between 3 pm and 5:38 pm. The agency said it was of 5.1 intensity at 3:13 pm, 4.1 at 4.45, 4.1 at 4:28, 4.3 at 4:31, 5 at 5:19 and 5 at 5:38. The tremors were felt in the sparsely populated hilly area.

    According to officials, nine people, including four students, were injured in Bajhang district and one person was injured in neighboring Achham district. A student jumped from a two-storey building in panic and got injured. According to the local administration office, a district police office building and several houses were damaged in Bajhang due to the earthquake. An official of the district administration office of Bajhang said, several small tremors were also felt after the earthquake.

    Earthquake tremors were felt in the surrounding areas including Achham, Doti, Bajura and Baitadi districts. Tremors were also felt in Kathmandu and neighboring India. In April 2015, Nepal was hit by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people and injured 22,000 others. More than 8,00,000 houses and school buildings were also damaged by this.

  • Earthquake: Strong earthquake in Delhi-NCR, epicenter was in Nepal, earth shook twice in 30 minutes

    Earthquake tremors in Delhi-NCR: Strong earthquake tremors have been felt in many areas of Uttar Pradesh including Delhi NCR. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Nepal. Earthquake: Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi NCR around 2:45 pm. The intensity of the earthquake is said to be 4.6 on the Richter scale. The tremors of the earthquake were so strong that people sitting on beds and chairs were shaken. People have fled from apartments and houses and reached open spaces. According to the information, earthquake tremors have been felt throughout North India. People felt strong earthquake tremors in many districts of Uttar Pradesh including Lucknow.

    Epicenter of earthquake in Nepal

    According to the National Center for Seismology, strong earthquake tremors were felt in Nepal at around 2:51 pm, whose intensity was 6.2 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Kanda, Nepal. The earth shook here twice in 30 minutes. After feeling the tremors of the earthquake in Uttarakhand, people got scared and came out of their homes into open spaces.

    Earth moved in Jaipur too

    The earth is shaking in Jaipur also. At around 2:55 pm, people felt the tremors of the earthquake and people got scared and came out of the buildings and went to safe places. Police control room said that there is no information about loss of life or property.