On late Monday Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR as a strong earthquake jolted China's Xinjiang. As pe the reports of National Center for Seismology Earthquake of Magnitude:7.2, Occurred on Monday at 11.15 pm IST, Lat: 40.96 & Long: 78.30, Depth: 80 Km, Location: Southern Xinjiang, China.
The National Center for Seismology said on X, "Earthquake of Magnitude:7.2, Occurred on 22-01-2024, 23:39:11 IST, Lat: 40.96 & Long: 78.30, Depth: 80 Km, Location: Southern Xinjiang, China."
The US Geological Survey, which estimated the intensity of the quake at 7 on the Richter Scale, said that it occurred 129 km west by northwest of China's Aykol, and neighboring Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, and Kazakhstan were also impacted. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern Xinjiang earlier on Monday too, reports said.One month earlier similar earthquake was felt in Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Afghanistan and its intensity was measured at 6.1 here. The tremors of the earthquake were felt at 2:50 in the afternoon.