Minor earthquake Tremors were felt in north India including Noida, Ghaziabad, North Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand Indo-Nepal Border at 5.01 pm IST.According to news reports, the epicentre of the earthquake was at Indo Nepal Border (one report says epicenter at Hindkush Mountains.) The region falls under high seismic zone region.
The magnitude earthquake is 5.7 richter scale. Quake felt for around 3 seconds. No reports of damage or injury. The meteorology department said the earthquake is of moderate intensity. The impact would be feld around 300 km region.
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.
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