This incident comes more than 20 days after strong tremors were felt in the national capital region. On January 5, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude had hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.
Residents of Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) on Tuesday (January 24) reported that they felt strong earthquake tremors. It is reportedly said that the tremors lasted for more than 30 seconds.
The earthquake's epicentre has been traced to Nepal. According to the National Center for Seismology, the intensity of the earthquake was 5.8 on richter scale.
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In a tweet, the National Center for Seismology said, "Earthquake of Magnitude:5.8, Occurred on 24-01-2023, 14:28:31 IST, Lat: 29.41 & Long: 81.68, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Nepal."
Earthquake of Magnitude:5.8, Occurred on 24-01-2023, 14:28:31 IST, Lat: 29.41 & Long: 81.68, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Nepal for more information Download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/gSZOFnURgY pic.twitter.com/y1Ak7VbvFB
— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake)This incident comes more than 20 days after strong tremors were felt in the national capital region. On January 5, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude had hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, several social media users took to Twitter to express that they have felt strong tremors. Here are some tweets:
Earthquake. A bit intense too for a few seconds in Delhi NCR
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)Felt the tremors of the in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/xTIBi3oiqW
— roobina mongia (@roobinam)Earthquake in Delhi? Swinging fan confirmed it. Gentle sweep.
— K. C. Singh (@ambkcsingh)In November 2022, Delhi, NCR and several other northern states witnessed tremors as an earthquake measuring 5.4 jolted Nepal, 212 km southeast of Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
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