An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Ritcher scale jolted Nepal with severe tremors felt in parts of North-Northeastern India at around 1.57 am on Wednesday, November 9. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground and the epicentre was in Nepal. Three people have also died after a house collapsed in the Doti district.
This is the third earthquake to hit Nepal in the 24-hour cycle. An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 was reported in Nepal at 8:52 pm on Tuesday, November 8. A 4.5 magnitude quake rocked Nepal in the early morning on Tuesday. NCS reported, the earthquake occurred 155km northeast of Kathmandu at a depth of 100 kilometres.
The tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas of Ghaziabad and Gurugram and even in Lucknow, jolting people out of their sleep.
The Himalayan region in Uttarakhand and adjoining Nepal has been experiencing earthquakes of lower magnitude for the past couple of days.
Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi tweeted, “Didn’t want to tweet but one can safely say it did feel like an earthquake!” Congress leader Radhika Khera urged people to “stay alert and stay safe”.
Radio Jockey Raunac said, “It was scary…extremely scary.” The USGS said the epicentre of the earthquake was at 21 km from Dipayal in Nepal.
The region had experienced at least two earthquakes of 4.9 magnitude and 3.5 magnitude late Tuesday evening, the NCS data showed.
On October 19, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 shook Kathmandu and on July 31 another earthquake of magnitude 6.0 took place around Martim Birta of Khotang district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC).
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