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The fans in the rooms started shaking after the earthquake.
Earthquake tremors have been felt once again in North India. This time also the center has been Jammu and Kashmir. But these tremors were less than the earthquake that occurred 5 days ago. After the tremors, once again there was panic among the people and people came out of their homes. This time the center of these tremors remained in Katra near Maa Vaishno Devi temple.
According to the National Center of Seismology India, this earthquake occurred at 3.50 am on Sunday. Its tremor was 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. Its center was 80 km east of Katra, 11 km below the ground at latitude 42.96 and longitude 75.79. Whose impact was felt in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in Punjab, Himachal and Chandigarh.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Jammu and Kashmir.
There was an earthquake on June 13 as well
Last Tuesday, an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude occurred in Doda of Jammu and Kashmir at 1:33 pm. Apart from Delhi-NCR, tremors were felt in Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Before that, there was an earthquake in Shizang, Tibet, on Tuesday itself. Its intensity was measured at 4.3 on the Richter scale. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 3:23 am. Its center was 106 kilometers below the ground.
These pictures are from Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on 13th June. The chandeliers in the houses were seen shaking after the earthquake.
plate movement earthquake
Earthquake experts say that earthquake tremors are being felt for some time due to movement in the plates under the earth. Once the plates change their position, it is natural to have frequent earthquakes.
Tremors were felt even three months ago
3 months ago, on March 21, an earthquake of 6.6 magnitude occurred in Delhi-NCR at around 10.15 pm. Its tremors were also felt in UP, Punjab, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Bihar. The epicenter of the earthquake was 133 km south-east of Faizabad, Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake is 156 km from the ground. Was in depth.
3 major earthquakes occurred in Turkey-Syria on February 6, 57 thousand people died
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6 lives were lost in Nepal earthquake last year
Neighboring Nepal was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in November last year. Tremors were also felt in 5 states of North India including Delhi, UP of India. Its epicenter was 10 km below the ground in Manipur, Nepal. 6 people died due to house collapse in Nepal’s Doti district.