Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR after an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border late Monday night. More details awaited.
According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck Southern Xinjiang in China at 11:39 pm (IST). Citing the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a Reuters report said the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).
This is the second time this month that Delhi and surrounding regions were jolted by an earthquake. On January 11, tremors were felt in Delhi and its neighbouring cities when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.
According to the NCS, the earthquake struck at around 2:50 pm (IST).
Tremors were also felt in parts of Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and neighbouring Pakistan. According to Pakistani news agency Geo News, tremors were felt in Lahore, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities. Last week, the city of Quetta and its surrounding areas were hit by an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), which reports magnitude using the Moment Magnitude scale, the magnitude of the quake was 6.4 while its epicentre was 44km south-southeast of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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