Earthquake of Magnitude 4.5 Strikes NCR, Strong Tremors Felt in Delhi; Hope You Are All Safe, Tweets Kejriwal

No loss of life or property has been reported so far.

Earthquake in Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake was on Friday evening felt in the national capital, triggering panic among people. The epicentre of the earthquake was 63 km southwest of Gurgaon in Haryana, India, the National Centre for Seismology said.

Strong termors were felt for seconds in many parts of Delhi.

There were no immediate reports of loss of life or property.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter hoping for everyone’s safety. “Mild earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi some time ago. Hope you are all safe, take care of yourself,” he said.

The recent tremors in Delhi-NCR have prompted discussion on whether a stronger earthquake is likely in the future. These tremors do not point towards a big event, though a strong earthquake cannot be ruled, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, under the Department of Science and Technology, had said. It had added that such tremors were not unusual in the Delhi-NCR area but indicate that strain energy is built up in the region.

List of the recent earthquakes:

All the recent 17 quakes recorded in the Delhi-NCR region were of low to medium intensity on the Richter scale.

April 12 – Delhi (3.5)
April 13-Delhi (2.7)
April 16 – Delhi (2)
May 3 – Delhi (3)
May 6 – Faridabad (2.3)
May 10 – Delhi (3.4)
May 15 – Delhi (2.2)
May 28 – Faridabad (2.5)
May 29 – Rohtak (4.5 and 2.9)
June 1 – Rohtak (1.8 and 3)
June 3 – Faridabad (3.2)
June 4 – Rohtak (2.1)
June 8 – Delhi-Gurgaon border (2.1)
June 18 – Rohtak (2.1)
June 19 – Rohtak (2.3).