Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas on Monday night as an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck Uttarakhand. The tremors lasted for a whole 30 seconds.
Earthquake tremors felt in Uttarakhand, people evacuated their buildings (Visuals from Dehradun) pic.twitter.com/WIiDo5wJz9
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 6, 2017
The earthquake had its epicentre in Ukhimath in Rudraprayag district, roughly 97 km from Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.
Epicentre of earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude on Richter Scale was in Rudraprayag of Uttarakhand: IMD
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 6, 2017
“The depth of the quake was 33 km and it occurred at 10.33 PM,” J L Gautam, Operations head at the National Seismological Bureau, a unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences said.
Uttarakhand, which falls in the Himalayan belt, is known for high seismic activities.
Tremors were also felt in Mussoriee, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Pithoragarh, Mathura, Rishikesh, Shamli and Chandigarh. There were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked for detailed report on the earthquake and NDRF has been put on high alert.
The NDRF teams have been rushed from Ghaziabad to Uttarakhand to conduct rescue and relief operations, if the situation arises.
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) February 6, 2017
Here’s how people including Delhi CM reacted to the sudden jolt:
Earthquake in Delhi NCR. I pray for everyone’s safety
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 6, 2017
It takes an Earthquake in Delhi to figure out “Oh this guy is my neighbor” 😂
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 6, 2017
Earthquakes usually gets over by the time you confirm “Earthquake hai na?” from the person sitting next to you.
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) May 12, 2015
Delhi rocked. Massive quake. #earthquake
— Zhagdoo (@zhagdoo) February 6, 2017
EARTHQUAKE IN #delhi , My entire house just shook, this is major!
— Ninjamonkey (@Aryanwarlord) February 6, 2017
@aajtak earth quake delhi pic.twitter.com/jNyTWYEbmG
— sanjay (@spuiker32) February 6, 2017
