Earthquake in Delhi-NCR: Several people claimed that they felt tremors in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan, and New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir in India.
The fresh tremors created panic among residents in Nepal as the Himalayan country just three days ago witnessed one of the worst tremors in which over 150 people were killed and several got injured.
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visited the affected areas in the country which suffered destruction and loss of lives late Friday night. PM Narendra Modi extended condolences on the deaths due to the massive earthquake which has so far claimed over 154 lives.
Earthquake in Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi on Monday morning.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter Scale hit Punjabi Bagh area in Delhi today at 12:02 pm.
The Himalayan and the Hindukush mountain ranges are prone to quakes and many a time its tremors can be felt across the Indo-Gangetic belt.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 was reported near New Delhi on Thursday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.3 on the Richter scale struck the Delhi’s Nangloi on Friday morning at 5:02 am, according to India's National Center for Seismology. No damage or casualty has been reported so far.
The Delhi High Court had on June 18 pulled up the AAP government and municipal bodies for non-implementation of an action plan for ensuring seismic stability of buildings in the national capital.
For the mock drill, the authorities will create a scenario of a major earthquake, which would originate in Gurugram. It will also be assumed that major power supplies and communication will be severed during the mock drill. According to reports, as many as 18 districts are slated to participate in the mock drill for earthquake preparedness.
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