On Monday night a mild earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter Scale was felt in the area of Haryana followed by Delhi and NCR as well. The National center of Seismology department tweeted that the Tremor felt was of 3.7 Magnitude at Haryana’s Jhajjar.
“Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 05-07-2021, 22:36:54 IST, Lat: 28.70 & Long: 76.65, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 10km N of Jhajjar.”
As per the official sources just now said that, the location of the earthquake was some 45 km from Haryana’s Gurgram and 54 km from New Delhi.
Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 05-07-2021, 22:36:54 IST, Lat: 28.70 & Long: 76.65, Depth: 5 Km ,Location: 10km N of Jhajjar, Haryana for more information download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/9csmviZyai pic.twitter.com/89Jl1AVWUf
— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) July 5, 2021
The EMC department also took his official Twitter handle and tweeted, “#Earthquake (#भूकंप) possibly felt 2 min ago in #National Capital Territory of Delhi #India.”
#Earthquake (#भूकंप) possibly felt 2 min ago in #National Capital Territory of Delhi #India. Felt it? See https://t.co/wPtMW5ND1t pic.twitter.com/AWzMbbwTpR
— EMSC (@LastQuake) July 5, 2021
Many Twitter users shared their experience and memes on the current earthquake experienced, lets take a look here:
#earthquake
Le Delhi wale – Relax Boy!! pic.twitter.com/vMrYWoyIOb— Vaibhav (@vrushv14) July 5, 2021
That was a proper earthquake in Gurgaon. My very solid bed shook hard. #earthquake
— Payal Puri (@payalpuri) July 5, 2021
Delhi also lies at the close to a Faultline, which is susceptible to big earthquakes, as per geologist. From April 12 2021, till now the Delhi National Capital Region has recorded over two dozen earthquakes.
The city also falls under seismic zone IV – a very high-risk zone.
The experts have also said that, If an earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Delhi, a large number of structures which do not follow safety norms are likely to be demolished.