In the early hours of Saturday, tremors from an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale were felt close to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The earthquake, which was felt 139 kilometres to the north-northeast of Lucknow, happened at 1.12 am today, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred 82 kilometres below the surface of the earth.
“Earthquake of magnitude:5.2 occurred on 20-08-2022, 01:12:47 IST, Lat: 28.07 and Long: 81.25, Depth: 82 Km, Location: 139 km NNE of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,” tweeted the National Center for Seismology.
A day ago, mild tremors were reported in the Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand which was hit by an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale. The earthquake occurred at 12:55pm. In Jammu and Kashmir too, an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on the Richter Scale hit the South-Southwest part of the Hanley village, the NCS said. Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on Friday.
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Earthquakes with a magnitude of about 2.0 or less are usually called microearthquakes; they are not commonly felt by people. Earthquakes between 3.0 to 3.9 are termed ‘minor’ and do not have the intensity to cause any damage. Shocks in the range of 4.0 to 4.9 are called ‘light earthquakes’, whereas those between 5 to 6 magnitudes can cause moderate damage in populated areas. Earthquakes above 7 cause severe destruction and loss of life over large areas.
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