A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits New Delhi today
24 Jan 2023 15:40:32
New Delhi, Jan 24: Earthquake tremors were felt across the Delhi-NCR region. The tremors lasted for several seconds. The earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Nepal, sending tremors across the capital region, the National Centre for Seismology said in a tweet.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:5.8, Occurred on 24-01-2023, 14:28:31 IST, Lat: 29.41 & Long: 81.68, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Nepal," the NCS said.
Social media was flooded with videos of netizens tweeting their experience of the earthquake. This comes more than 20 days after tremors were felt in the national capital region. On January 5, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitudes hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.
On January 1, an earthquake of 3.8 magnitudes had hit the Delhi-NCR region, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake had occurred northwest of Haryana's Jhajjar at 1:19 am on January 1. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.