Earthquake strikes Delhi-NCR, Twitterati say ‘it was intense’

By Team MyNation  |  First Published Feb 20, 2019, 9:07 AM IST

Several people took to Twitter after feeling the mild tremors. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet.

New Delhi: A 4.0 magnitude earthquake had hit Delhi and parts of NCR on Wednesday. Tremors were felt in other parts of north India too at around 8 am. 

The earthquake had its epicenter at 44 kms southwest of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, according to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). 

Felt () M4.0 strikes 44 km SW of () 33 min ago. Please report to: https://t.co/fi4ZNuJgtj pic.twitter.com/c1vwUw2EDj

— EMSC (@LastQuake)

Another earthquake struck Tajikistan at around 7:05 am. The epicenter was in Kofarnihon at a depth of 10kms, reported the United States Geological Survey (USGS). 

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan also experienced the jolt. 

Several people took to Twitter after feeling the mild tremors. 

No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet.

Woke up to an in Delhi. It was pretty intense!

— Saumya Bansal (@saumyabansal5)


At 7:59 am in delhi
Usually I don't feel it
But today I guess tremors were quite strong

— वेदिता मलिक (@malik_vedita)

rocks India 8 am sharp,all North India effected, epicenter in uttrakhand again,6.8 intensity for 22 seconds.Lot tremors.

— Jagjit (@COMMANMANOFUPA)

Felt the most strongest earthquake in my life in Panipat, Harayana. My bed was vibrating for a couple of minute.

— Manan Miglani (@manan_miglani)

On February 8, an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.9 struck Haryana. According to reports, the epicentre of the quake was Mahendragarh district in Haryana. There weren’t any reports of casualties. 

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