Earthquake in Delhi NCR Today Latest News: A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Afghanistan’s Hindukush region on Saturday. Very strong tremors were felt across Delhi and adjoining Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida. The USGS says that it was a very deep earthquake with a depth of over 200 km. The epicenter of the Saturday earthquake was located 47 km of Afghan town called Jurm, the USGS said. Meanwhile, the National Center for Seismology says that the Saturday earthquake was 418 km away from Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg and struck Afghanistan at around 9:30 pm (IST).
Hindukush is an earthquake-prone zone. Experts say that the reason for high seismic activity is due to the gradual but significant movement of Indian tectonic plates towards Eurasian and Tibet tectonic plates. Due to this, the entire mountainous region from Afghanistan, Pakistan to India’s northeast region have witnessed some of the most devastating earthquakes that the world has ever seen.
As of now, there has been no report of any casualty or damage of property from either Afghanistan or neighbouring Pakistan. This is not the first time that Jurm has witnessed a strong earthquake. Earlier this year, on March 21, 40 km south, south-west of Jurm saw a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. The massive tremblor killed at least 13 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Over 300 people were injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the March tremor. Earlier in May, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake was reported from Hidukush region. Since it was deep tremor with depth of over 180 km, there were no reports of death.
The horrors of 2002 earthquake
Though Hindukush region has seen several earthquakes, in the recent past, one of the worst tremblors Hindukush saw was in 2002. Over 1,000 people were killed and several hundred injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Hindukush’s Nahrin, Baghlan region.
