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Two earthquakes measuring 5.5 and 5.1 on Richter Scale hit Kashmir and Uttarakhand; tremors felt in NCR, UP and Punjab
A strong intensity earthquake on Thursday hit 111 km northeast of Vietnam’s Thang and Jammu and Kashmir in the early morning hours.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 richter jolted Jammu and Kashmir early on Thursday morning. The earthquake struck 111-km northeast of Thang. There was no immediate report of any injury or destruction in parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Another earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.5 on the Richter Scale, hit the hill state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. The epicentre of the quake was believed to be in Rudraprayag. According to the National Seismological Centre, the earthquake took place around 8.49 pm and had a depth of at least 30 kilometres.
“Reports so far, from all across the district, indicate nothing adverse. It was a mild event,” a Uttarakhand Police official told.Moreover, tremors lasting a few seconds were also felt in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh and Punjab.
The tremor is considered moderate, India Meteorological Department told IANS.
This is the second earthquake in Uttarakhand in the past 24 hours. On Tuesday, a 3.3 magnitude quake was reported in the state. Uttarakhand, a part of the Himalayan region, falls under a high seismic zone.
As soon as tremors were felt, residents in various parts of Uttarakhand and other parts of north India.
A strong intensity earthquake on Thursday hit 111 km northeast of Vietnam’s Thang and Jammu and Kashmir in the early morning hours.
The quake was estimated to measure 5.1 on the Richter scale.
Earlier on Wednesday, a strong earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Uttarakhand around 8:50 pm. Tremors were felt in Delhi and other areas across northern India.
As per IMD, the epicentre of the earthquake was Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag, with a Magnitude of 5.5 and depth of 30 km.
“The epicentre is in Uttarakhand, the tremors felt in Delhi and NCR are the impulses,” an official at Centre for Seismology, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
EMSC located the epicentre between the hill shrine of Kedarnath and the town of Pipalkoti in Uttarakhand.
Mild tremors were also felt in Dehradun, Patiala and Chandigarh.
This was the second earthquake in Uttarakhand within a span of 24 hours. On Tuesday, a moderate intensity earthquake of 3.3 magnitudes was reported in the state.
