While people are supposed to stay indoors to avoid coronavirus infection, tremors are compelling them to move out of their houses to save a life.
An earthquake of 2.2 magnitude hits 13km NW of New Delhi today at 11:28 am, according to National Center for Seismology (NCS).
On Sunday night, a 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook Chamba at 11.47 pm. Prior to that, five earthquakes of magnitude between 3 and 4.3 were felt between 5.11 pm to 8.43 pm in the district on Friday. Most parts of Himachal Pradesh, including Chamba, fall in the high seismic sensitive zone.
A multi-state mega mock exercise on earthquake preparedness will be conducted in the national capital region on Friday, an official statement said here.
The earthquake, which was registered at 9.11 a.m., had its epicenter on the coast of Chiba - a prefecture located west of Tokyo - at a depth of about 60 km, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Mexican Civil Protection chief Luis Felipe Fuente tweeted that there were no immediate reports of major damages from Friday's quake.
A hotel employee died in Hualien county when the ground floor caved in at the Marshal Hotel, and another person died in a residential building, the national fire and rescue service reported.
As per the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the quake struck 270 km (167 miles) northeast of Kabul in the Hindu Kush mountains.
If reports are to be believed, scientists have warned that year 2018 would face more powerful earthquakes where the magnitude level will be 7.0 or more.
Panicking people ran out of buildings in many areas and roads were clogged with motorbikes, cars and trucks as people fled coastal areas.
Kathmandu: Thousands of fear-stricken people spent the night out in the open as a new earthquake killed dozens of people and spread more misery in Nepal, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating
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