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NEW DELHI: Residents of Delhi-NCR had a scare late Friday as strong tremors were felt across north India as a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Nepal.
Residents of high-rise societies quickly made their way to the roads as the strong tremors lasted over a minute. Delhi residents took to social media to post videos of swinging chandeliers and fans, underlining how powerful the earthquake was.
The epicentre of the quake was in Nepal at a depth of 10 km, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
This is the third time in a month that strong quakes have struck Nepal.
On October 22, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks damaged nearly two dozen houses in the hilly Dhading district near Nepal’s capital. The shaking also caused a landslide in the region.
On October 3, two earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal, with tremors felt in large parts of India including the National Capital Region, the NCS said.
Earthquakes are common in mountainous Nepal. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 killed some 9,000 people and damaged about 1 million structures.
Residents of high-rise societies quickly made their way to the roads as the strong tremors lasted over a minute. Delhi residents took to social media to post videos of swinging chandeliers and fans, underlining how powerful the earthquake was.
The epicentre of the quake was in Nepal at a depth of 10 km, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
This is the third time in a month that strong quakes have struck Nepal.
On October 22, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks damaged nearly two dozen houses in the hilly Dhading district near Nepal’s capital. The shaking also caused a landslide in the region.
On October 3, two earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal, with tremors felt in large parts of India including the National Capital Region, the NCS said.
Earthquakes are common in mountainous Nepal. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 killed some 9,000 people and damaged about 1 million structures.
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