Tremors of an earthquake with a possible epicentre in Pakistan were felt in Delhi and adjoining areas at around 1 pm on Wednesday, September 11. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages.
Many quick social media posts suggested that the tremors felt in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon were a result of an earthquake in Pakistan that hit the country at the same time. The same was later confirmed by earthquake monitoring agencies.
As per India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake of Magnitude 5.8 occurred at 12:58 pm (IST) in Pakistan at a depth of 33 kilometres.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the Magnitude of the earthquake was 5.7 and occurred 61 km SW of Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan at 12:28 pm, local time, which is roughly 1 pm in India.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.4 and said it occurred 31 km West of Karor Lal Eason in Pakistan, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
According to the Android Earthquake Alerts System cited by Google, the estimated magnitude of the earthquake was 4.5 and it struck 35 km from Pakistan's Karor Lal Eason.
On August 29, tremors of a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit Afghanistan on Thursday morning were also felt in parts of North India, including Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.
The National Center for Seismology (NCS) said the earthquake struck at a depth of 255 kilometres.
"EQ of M: 5.7, On: 29/08/2024 11:26:38 IST, Lat: 36.51 N, Long: 71.12 E, Depth: 255 Km, Location: Afghanistan," NCS had said in a post on X.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), meanwhile, measured the magnitude of the earthquake in Afghanistan on Thursday at 5.4 with the epicentre 28 kilometres from Ashkasham.
In October last year, a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan.
Three catastrophic earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, including one 6.3-magnitude on October 7 last year, one 6.3-magnitude on October 11 and an 6.4-Magnitude quake on October 15.
According to UNICEF, almost 1,500 people were reportedly killed in Herat and the surrounding districts in these earthquakes. In the three most affected districts, around 1,50,000 people either completely lost their homes or their homes were severely damaged, as per UNICEF.
