Earthquake rattles NCR for 16th time in two months

NEW DELHI: A mild earthquake was felt near the Capital on Monday — 16th to be recorded in the Delhi-NCR region since April. Monday’s earthquake — of 2.1 magnitude — was located east southeast of Rohtak at 1pm.

All earthquakes felt in the past two months have been mild with magnitude between 2 and 3.5 on Richter scale.

J L Gautam, head (operations) at National Centre for Seismology, said it was not abnormal to record so many earthquakes within a couple of months in the region. “Minor adjustments of the plates keep happening.”

NEW DELHI: There was a mild earthquake near Delhi on Monday. It was of 2.1 magnitude located east southeast of Rohtak at 1 pm, latitude 28.85 and longitude 76.76. This is the 16th earthquake to be recorded in Delhi NCR since April.

Delhi-NCR witnessed at least 14 earthquakes in the past two months with a magnitude 3 earthquake recorded near Gautam Budh Nagar on Wednesday night according to data with the National Center for Seismology.

All earthquakes in the past two months have been mild with only two above 3.5 magnitude. “The earthquakes are being monitored and will be studied by a team at NCS. Though it’s common to experience mild tremors in this region,” the helpline said.

J L Gautam, head (operations) at NCS said it was not abnormal to record so many earthquakes within a couple of months in Delhi NCR region. “These are non-linear. There can be several mild earthquakes in a very short period. Minor adjustments of the plates keep happening,” he said on Monday.