New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Delhi on Sunday, a third in less than a month, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
The epicentre of the quake was near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi, J L Gautam, Head (Operations) at the NCS, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
The same location and nearby areas were the epicentre of the earthquakes on April 12 and 13 of magnitude 3.5 and 2.7, respectively.
The quake occurred at a depth of five kilometres.
Of the five seismic zones, Delhi falls under the fourth zone.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 had hit the national capital in 2004. Another quake of magnitude 3.4 was recorded in the city in 2001, according to official data.
The major quakes recorded near the national capital were at Bulandshahr of magnitude 6.7 on October 10,1956, and at Mordabad of magnitude 5.8 on August 15, 1966. Both are in western Uttar Pradesh.
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Wheather across the vulnerable parts of the country , particularly in north , central and southern India , can have tendency to upset calculations of weatherman during 10 May to 18 June 2020. There can be during this period of time , cyclones , storms or strong winds with dust besides earthquake jolts in vulnerable pockets. Coastal States such as Maharashtra , Gujarat , Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Telengana , Karnataka , Kerala , Goa , Orissa , Pondicherry etc may be alert for more care and appropriate strategy . Some more care need to be taken to keep maritime disaster away. Dates for months of May and June 2020 in India indicated in this Vedic astrology writer’s predictive alerts in article – “ Predictions for coming year 2020 by kushal kumar” – published last year 2019 on 10 October at theindiapost.com/articles/predictions-for-coming-year-2020-by-kushal-kumar/ , appear to be relevant in relation to said alerts. Some quake jolts in the north look to be likely during the said period.
Note :- These predictive alerts were emailed to some news websites/papers on the night of 9 May 2020 at 9:48 P.M. while dusty winds with rain hit the northern India on 10 May. Delhi-NCR and nearby areas were hit by low-intensity quake on 10 May 2020.
Whether across the vulnerable parts of the country , particularly in north , central and southern India , can have tendency to upset calculations of weatherman during 10 May to 18 June 2020. There can be cyclones , storms or strong winds with dust besides earthquake jolts in vulnerable pockets. Coastal States such as Maharashtra , Gujarat , Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Telengana , Karnataka , Kerala , Goa , Orissa , Pondicherry etc may be alert for more care and appropriate strategy . Some more care need to be taken to keep maritime disaster away. Dates for months of May and June 2020 in India indicated in this Vedic astrology writer’s predictive alerts in article – “ Predictions for coming year 2020 by kushal kumar” – published last year 2019 on 10 October at theindiapost.com/articles/predictions-for-coming-year-2020-by-kushal-kumar/ , appear to be relevant in relation to said alerts. Some quake jolts in the north look to be likely during the said period.
Note :- These predictive alerts were emailed to some news websites/papers on the night of 10 May 2020 at 9:48 P.M. while dusty winds with rain hit the northern India on 10 May. Delhi-NCR and nearby areas were hit by low-intensity quake on 10 May 2020.