New Delhi: The entire north India including Delhi-NCR trembled due to the earthquake at 10:34 pm on Friday night. The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.3 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was located about 90 kilometres below ground in Tajikistan. The earthquake caused panic among the people and they came out of the houses due to fear.
When the earth was shaking due to the earthquake, the scared people were standing outside their homes. During the earthquake, former Congress National President Rahul Gandhi was talking to the students of the University of Chicago through video conferencing from New Delhi. As soon as the earthquake tremors, Rahul was heard saying that his entire room was shaking. Its video is also going viral on Twitter.
13 February 2021, 07:54 AM
No reports of any damage so far in Amritsar or other parts of Punjab following the earthquake. Top officials of Punjab Police and local administration are keeping a close watch on the situation. Praying for everyone’s safety, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh tweeted.
13 February 2021, 07:51 AM
In Delhi, the magnitude was 4.2 on the Richter scale and the epicentre was Rajasthan s Alwar.
13 February 2021, 07:49 AM
Here are some first-hand account of people’s reaction after the massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake which hits Tajikistan, also jolted several parts in north India.
13 February 2021, 06:55 AM
Delhi Chief Minister tweeted with the news, saying, Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi. Praying for everyone s safety.
Earthquake tremors jolt north India, epicentre in Tajikistan
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was virtually interacting with students of University of Chicago, was heard saying, his entire room was shaking
PTI | February 13, 2021 | Updated 00:39 IST
A high intensity earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in Delhi NCR and several other parts of north India.
The seismology department at first erroneously gave the epicentre as Amritsar and put the quake s depth at 19 km. It later sent a revised statement to confirm the quake was in Tajikistan. It ascribed the error to a software mistake.
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the magnitude of the quake was 6.3.
Earthquake measuring 6.3 strikes Tajikistan, strong tremors felt in J&K, Delhi-NCR, Punjab
Earthquake measuring 6.3 strikes Tajikistan, strong tremors felt in J&K, Delhi-NCR, Punjab
Earthquake tremors were felt across Delhi and other parts of North India on Friday evening. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Tajikistan.
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UPDATED: February 13, 2021 09:12 IST
A crack developed on a wall due the tremors of today s earthquake. Strong tremors were felt as far as Jammu, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Delhi-NCR and Himachal Pradesh.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck Tajikistan on late Friday night. Strong tremors were felt across north India in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand.