5.2-magnitude jolts Ladakh
India | Mar 16, 2022, 08:31 PM ISTThe tremor struck at 7.05 pm and lasted for a few seconds, an official of the Meteorological department said.
The tremor struck at 7.05 pm and lasted for a few seconds, an official of the Meteorological department said.
In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometers deep struck about 169 kilometers west of Pariaman, a town in West Sumatra province, the US Geological Survey said.
In January 2001, a massive earthquake had jolted the district in which 13,800 people were killed and another 1.67 lakh were injured.
There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property due to the earthquake.
There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property due to the earthquake.
The earthquake occurred at around 5.03 am.
Jolts of earthquake were also felt in parts of north India today.
A disaster management official said the temblor occurred at 2.53 a.m., and the coordinates were latitude 36.06 degrees north and longitude 75.82 degrees east.
The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 3.42 PM, was at latitude 23.10 N and longitude 93.75 E at a depth of 60 km in a border area in neighbouring Myanmar
This area of the Aleutians, a chain of islands that jut off from southwest Alaska, has experienced a lot of seismic activity in the last year, including several large earthquakes.
According to NCS, an earthquake occurred 176 km NNE of Ayodhya.
According to NCS, the tremors of earthquake had a depth of 5 km and occurred at around 3:01 am at 12 km north of Ravangla.
The epicentre is said to be Afghanistan-Tajikstan Border, at coordinates 71.20°E 36.55°N. The earthquake jolts were felt at around 6:45 pm, to a depth of 216 km, Kashmir Weather said.
The earthquake that occurred at 12.39 am had its epicentre at a depth of 10 km in Askot, District Disaster Management Officer Bhupendra Mahar said.
According to NCS, the tremors of the earthquake had a depth of 100 kilometres and occurred at around 5.31 am.
The tremors, according to the reports, were felt at around 7:01 p.m.
The local residents have expressed concerns over the recent tremors. The district administration has swung into action and has roped in NGOs to aid the locals in rehabilitation efforts.
As per the seismic intensity map of earthquakes from the epicentre, the intensities observed are low and tremors might have been felt up to a maximum radial distance of 10 km to 15 km.
The earthquake occurred just after noon and was centred off the coast about 337 kilometres northwest of San Francisco, just off a tiny town called Petrolia that's home to fewer than 1,000 people.
Indonesia's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible.
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