Tremors in Delhi: Mild earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and neighbouring areas on May 28. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. Tremors were also felt in many parts of Punjab and Haryana.
According to India’s National Center for Seismology, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was reported near Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Sunday morning.
Epicenter in Afghanistan
The epicentre of the earthquake was 79 km southeast (SE) of Fayzabad, Afghanistan, NCS said. The earthquake struck at 11:19 AM IST at a depth of 220 km from the surface.
This was lower than the intensity of the earthquake felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India earlier this week. The depth was again 10 km below the earth’s surface.
Noida, Gurugram rocked
Tremors were today reported from Noida and Gurugram, besides other areas in Haryana and UP, and Uttarakhand and Punjab. People reacted immediately on Twitter and other social media platforms, with many sharing memes too.
Earlier, on Tuesday night, strong tremors were felt in Delhi around 2 am after a 6.3-magnitude quake struck in Nepal. The depth of that earthquake was about 10 km, according to the National Center for Seismology. Six persons were killed and eight others injured in Nepal. The epicentre was in Doti district, about 70 km from where today’s earthquake was centred.
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