Apart from the national capital, the tremors were also felt in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad in the National Capital Region
Residents in the Delhi-NCR region on Thursday morning felt strong tremors as an earthquake struck the area.
According to the National Centre for Seismology, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit at around 9:04 AM, with the epicentre in Haryana’s Jhajjar. It was located 10 kilometres below the Earth’s surface.
The epicentre is a part of the NCR and is located nearly 60 kilometres from Delhi. Apart from the national capital, the tremors were also felt in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad in the National Capital Region.
“We felt the tremors…It was really scary, my vehicle shook. It was really strong,” an eyewitness told the news agency ANI.
Another eyewitness in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad said that he felt someone was shaking the whole shop he was sitting in.
“The tremors felt quite strong. I was at a shop when it hit, it felt as if someone was shaking the shop,” he said.
Experiencing earthquakes isn’t uncommon in Delhi. According to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the seismicity, or the frequency of earthquakes, around Delhi might be associated with the Delhi-Haridwar Ridge, a “major geological structure”.
India has been divided into several zones, each of which indicates the frequency of earthquakes in a particular region. Delhi is located in Zone IV, which, according to the DDMA, has “fairly high seismicity.” This makes Delhi a “high-risk area” when it comes to earthquakes. Generally, the earthquakes in Delhi are of magnitude 5-6. However, an earthquake of magnitude 7-8 is an “occasional” occurrence in Delhi.
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