Monday, February 6, 2017

Earthquake in INDIA: Uttarakhand

INDIA: A quake of 5.8 extent struck Uttarakhand on Monday night. Solid tremors were felt in national capital Delhi and neighboring Gurgaon, Punjab and different parts of north India. Tremors were accounted as far away as Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. No harm has been accounted for up until this point. 


The seismic tremor struck at 10.33 pm and had its epicenter close Ukimath in Rudraprayag area of the slope state, where get together races are booked to be held one week from now. Researchers said the seismic tremor was shallow, with a profundity of only seven kilometers.

Ukhimath is around 97 km from state capital Dehradun, where exceptional tremors were accounted for. They went on for around seven to 10 seconds and individuals were seen hurrying out of their homes.

"We felt solid tremors here. The information sources that we are getting from the slopes additionally disclose to us that there were tremors there. No setbacks are accounted for yet," Ramesh Pokhriyal, BJP administrator from Hardwar and previous Uttarakhand boss clergyman told NDTV.

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