Delhi Earthquake: Tremors that lasted for almost 10 seconds had been reported in Delhi-NCR.

New Delhi:

Strong tremors had been felt throughout north India within the small hours of Wednesday after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan area close to Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand alongside the Nepal border.

The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) stated the epicenter of the earthquake was in Nepal, about 90 km east-southeast of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, and it struck at 1.57 am Wednesday.

The tremors had been felt in Delhi and surrounding areas of Ghaziabad and Gurugram and even in Lucknow, jolting folks out of their sleep.

The Himalayan area in Uttarakhand and adjoining Nepal has been experiencing earthquakes of decrease magnitude for the previous couple of days.

Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi tweeted, “Didn’t want to tweet but one can safely say it did feel like an earthquake!” Congress chief Radhika Khera urged folks to “stay alert and stay safe”.

Radio Jockey Raunac stated, “It was scary…extremely scary.” The USGS stated the epicentre of the earthquake was at 21 km from Dipayal in Nepal.

The area had skilled at the least two earthquakes of 4.9 magnitude and three.5 magnitude late Tuesday night, the NCS information confirmed.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake had struck Uttarakhand on Sunday with the epicenter 17 km east-southeast of Uttarkashi.

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