Quake rocks Assam, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal: IMD
India | September 12, 2018 23:35 ISTIn Bihar, the tremor-hit areas included Patna, Bhagalpur, Araria, Kishanganj, Saharsa, Madhepura, Munger and Begusarai.
In Bihar, the tremor-hit areas included Patna, Bhagalpur, Araria, Kishanganj, Saharsa, Madhepura, Munger and Begusarai.
Tremors were felt for 25-30 seconds in Kolkata, Siliguri and West Bengal up to Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Sahebganj in Bihar.
Mild earthquake strikes Assam, tremors felt in West Bengal, Bihar
Tremors were felt for 25-30 seconds in Kolkata, Siliguri and West Bengal up to Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Sahebganj in Bihar.
4.6 magnitude tremors felt in parts of Jammu and Kashmir; tremors of 3.1 on Richter scale felt in Haryana's Jhajjar. These were third and fourth low-to-medium intensity tremors to be felt in India this week.
These were third and fourth low-to-medium intensity tremors to be felt in India this week.
The earthquake came 14 hours after a medium-intensity quake hit Haryana's Jhajjar district and its tremors were also felt in the national capital, the National Centre For Seismology said.
A mild earthquake hit Delhi on Sunday, with tremors being felt in adjoining areas including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram. Magnitude of the earthquake is yet to be gauged.
Last earthquake in Delhi-NCR was reported on July 1, when tremors hit adjoining regions too. It measured 4 on the Richter Scale, which means mild tremors were experienced.
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Five rescue teams were sent to the area following the earthquake. The capital city was felt shaking, said residents of Baghdad and Iraq.
According to the IMD, the earthquake occurred at 4.19 p.m and lasted for 27 seconds.
The earthquake was magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, but hit at a depth of more than 123 km below the ground.
The earthquake was measured by the US Geological Survey as 6.9-magnitude.
The quake was centred about 281 kilometres north of Ndoi Island with a depth of 559.6 kilometres
The north of Lombok was devastated by the powerful quake that struck Sunday night, damaging thousands of buildings and killing a large number of people.
A strong earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least three people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen.
A powerful quake of 7.0 magnitude which struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok killed 82 people and wounded hundreds.
Over 680 tourists from France, Thailand, the Netherlands and Malaysia were trekking on Mount Rinjani when the earthquake struck on Sunday. According to the officials, the stranded tourists are now slowly making their way off the mountain.
More than 200 hikers are trapped on a mountain on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes
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