05 mar 2012
New Delhi A mild earthquake rumbled through a large swathe of north India a little after 1 pm on Monday.
The medium-intensity earthquake rocked office buildings in New Delhi and its satellite towns, pulling people out of their homes and offices.
The tremors, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale with Haryana's Bahadurgarh as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at 1:11 pm, the MeT office said.
The quake took place at a depth of nine kilometres below the earth's surface. The tremors were felt for less than ten seconds.
"The intensity was 4.9 and the epicentre was Bahadurgarh on the Delhi-Haryana border," a senior MeT official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty.
No damage was also reported to the Fire Brigade or the police.
According to the Seismic Zone Mapping done by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Delhi is among 30 cities in the country falling in zone IV, which is defined as a severe intensity seismic zone. This is the third tremor in Delhi since September last year.
Tremors were felt in the Capital on September 18 last following an earthquake with an intensity of 6.8 on the Richter scale near the Sikkim-Nepal border.
On September 8 last, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, had rocked the Capital.
The tremors were also felt in parts of Haryana, particularly areas in the NCR region close to Bahadurgarh – including Gurgaon, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Hisar, Bhiwani and other places. Official sources said there were no reports of casualty or loss to property so far.
New Delhi A mild earthquake rumbled through a large swathe of north India a little after 1 pm on Monday.
The medium-intensity earthquake rocked office buildings in New Delhi and its satellite towns, pulling people out of their homes and offices.
The tremors, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale with Haryana's Bahadurgarh as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at 1:11 pm, the MeT office said.
The quake took place at a depth of nine kilometres below the earth's surface. The tremors were felt for less than ten seconds.
"The intensity was 4.9 and the epicentre was Bahadurgarh on the Delhi-Haryana border," a senior MeT official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty.
No damage was also reported to the Fire Brigade or the police.
According to the Seismic Zone Mapping done by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Delhi is among 30 cities in the country falling in zone IV, which is defined as a severe intensity seismic zone. This is the third tremor in Delhi since September last year.
Tremors were felt in the Capital on September 18 last following an earthquake with an intensity of 6.8 on the Richter scale near the Sikkim-Nepal border.
On September 8 last, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, had rocked the Capital.
The tremors were also felt in parts of Haryana, particularly areas in the NCR region close to Bahadurgarh – including Gurgaon, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Hisar, Bhiwani and other places. Official sources said there were no reports of casualty or loss to property so far.
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