An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted Bihar on Monday morning. The tremors were felt across the western region of Bihar. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the epicentre of the earthquake was Siwan under a depth of 10 KM.
The earthquake hit Siwan at around 8:02 am. It comes hours after a quake of similar magnitude hit Delhi-NCR at around 5:36 am today. The epicentre was near Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education in Dhaula Kuan, an official said. That region, which has a lake nearby, has been experiencing smaller, low-magnitude quakes once every two to three years. It recorded an earthquake of 3.3 magnitude in 2015, he said.
A loud sound was also heard when the earthquake hit, the official added. The strong tremors triggered by the earthquake prompted residents of several high-rise buildings in Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad to rush out.
A woman in her 50s who was out on a morning walk in E Block of Noida Sector 20 said, "'Hum log bahar park me walk kar rahe the toh pata nahin chala. Lekin kafi tej that. Log bahar aa gaye. (We were walking in the park, so we didn't feel it strongly.