Earthquake of 3.2 magnitude strikes Manipur

The earthquake struck at around 2.46 am with a depth of 25 km

According to the National Institute for Seismology, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Manipur’s Noney district in the early hours of Tuesday (NCS).

The 25-kilometer-deep earthquake struck at roughly 2.46 a.m.

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“Earthquake of Magnitude:3.2, Occurred on 28-02-2023, 02:46:39 IST, Lat: 24.67 & Long: 93.66, Depth: 25 Km, Location: Noney, Manipur, India,” NCS said on Twitter.

On that day, on February 19, an earthquake rocked Nandigama in Andhra Pradesh’s NTR district. There were no recorded fatalities.

The earthquakes began at 7.13 a.m. on Sunday and lasted 3.4 seconds. Residents fled their homes into the streets, terrified.

On the same day, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 hit Madhya Pradesh.

The earthquake struck Dhar, some 151 kilometres southwest of Indore, about 1 p.m., according to the National Institute for Seismology.

The centre of the earthquake was 10 kilometres under the earth’s surface.

Meanwhile, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Afghanistan on Tuesday.

“4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Occurred on 28-02-2023, 04:05:22 IST, Lat: 36.38 & Long: 70.94, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan,” NCS tweeted.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, near latitude 36.38 and longitude 70.94.