The national capital was hit with a low-intensity earthquake this afternoon. The incident was reported in Punjabi Bagh of New Delhi on Sunday.
As per the National Centre of Seismology, the earthquake had a magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter scale with a depth of 7 km from the ground surface. The tremors were felt at 12.01 pm, less than 24 hours following similar tremors being felt in Northeastern India.
Earthquake of Magnitude:2.1, Occurred on 20-06-2021, 12:02:01 IST, Lat: 28.67 & Long: 77.14, Depth: 7 Km ,Location: 8km NW of New Delhi, India for more information download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/le6tp5lDs9 pic.twitter.com/2K4mPg4Kq0
— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) June 20, 2021
The Delhi seismic activity reported no immediate case of loss of life or property. The city comes under the fourth zone of the 5 seismic zones of India. Though it has rarely ever been the epicentre of an earthquake, Delhi does experience tremors even when earthquakes hit Central Asia or in the Himalayan range- both of which are high seismic zones.
Soon after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 was reported in Tajikistan, the national capital felt the aftermath with strong tremors in and surrounding the city. The tremors lasted for several seconds despite the epicentre being 1,200 km away from it.
Amongst the major earthquakes reported near the city, the highest was in western Uttar Pradesh- with magnitude 6.7 at Bulandshahr on October 10th, 1956 and magnitude 5.8 at Moradabad on August 15th, 1966.
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The coordinates of today’s earthquake were 28.67 degrees North latitude and 77.14 degrees East longitude. This was reported after a series of earthquakes shook Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur within the past 24 hours.
Assam witnessed its 5th tremor in the last 24 hours with an earthquake measuring 4.2 in the wee hours of Saturday. With an epicentre near Tezpur, the National Centre for Seismology’s report said the latest quake was reported at 1.07 am at a depth of 30 km. This was near the headquarter of Sonitpur district.
Another quake had its epicentre in Sonitpur district as the state was jolted with 2 more earthquakes- one of which was reported on Friday measuring 4.1.
Manipur recorded its share of quakes as a magnitude 3 earthquake with an epicentre in Chandel district was reported on Friday while Meghalaya recorded a magnitude 2.6 one with epicentre in West Khasi Hills district.
