Sharp earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and adjoining areas on Saturday evening. This is the second time in the week that the National Capital Region has witnessed the significant seismic activity. The National Center for Seismology has posted the details of the earthquake. The Centre says that it was an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude that occurred in Nepal. Just like the last time, this was also a shallow tremor with a depth of just 10 km. A PTI report says that the epicentre of the Saturday’s earthquake was in Patadebal area in Nepal’s Bajhang district. The Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre says that this place is nearly 500 km away from Kathmandu. So far, there have been no reports of loss of lives or any structural damage.
The Saturday earthquake comes 72 hours after the massive 6.3 temblor that claimed six lives in Nepal. The National Center for Seismology says that the earthquake occurred at 7:57 pm on Saturday.
As Delhi-NCR witnesses second earthquake tremors within a week, Twitter is on a roll
Social media is abuzz with several earthquake-related posts. From those anxiously asking about the latest on the tremors, others are expressing their feelings on a much lighter note. Here are the wittiest takes on this big breaking on Twitter:
All not well in the Himalayan region?
The Himalayan region along the Uttarakhand-Nepal border has experienced at least eight earthquakes of varying magnitudes between November 8 and 12, the data from the National Centre of Seismology showed.
Saturday’s quake originated in Nepal at a depth of 10 km with Latitude 29.28 N and Longitude 81.20 E.
(With inputs from PTI)