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Even on November 4, the impact of the Nepal earthquake was felt in Delhi-NCR. People had come out of their homes. (file photo)
Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR, Bihar and West Bengal at 6.35 am on Tuesday. According to the National Center for Seismology, its intensity on the Richter scale was 7.1. The epicenter of this earthquake was 10 kilometers below the ground in Shijang, Tibet.
The impact of the earthquake was also seen in Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Uttarakhand of India. At present there is no information about loss of life or property due to earthquake in India. No news of damage has been received so far in Nepal and China.
Information about the epicenter of the earthquake was given by the National Center for Seismology.
An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred in Xinjiang, China in January 2024.
An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred on the China-Kyrgyzstan border at 11.39 pm on January 22, 2024. The epicenter of this earthquake that occurred in southern Xinjiang was 22 km below the ground. Many buildings had collapsed in this earthquake and many people were injured.
40 aftershocks were also recorded after the earthquake. The maximum impact of the earthquake was in Urumqi, Korla, Kashgar, Yining.
Why do earthquakes occur? Our earth’s surface is mainly made up of 7 big and many small tectonic plates. These plates keep floating continuously and sometimes collide with each other. Many times, due to collision, the corners of the plates bend and when there is too much pressure, these plates start breaking. In such a situation, the energy released from below finds a way out and after this disturbance an earthquake occurs.
Expert’s claim – Crack in Aravalli mountain range has become active, earthquakes will keep coming According to Dr. Rajendra Singh Rathod, an expert in geography, there is a fault line (rift) in the east of the Aravalli mountain range. This fault line passes through the eastern coast of Rajasthan and reaches Dharamshala. This includes Jaipur, Ajmer, Bharatpur areas of Rajasthan.
Experts say that movement has started in the cracks in the Aravali mountains. Now such earthquake tremors will continue to hit Jaipur and other adjoining areas also. Jaipur falls in Zone-2 and Western Rajasthan in Zone-3. There are normal earthquake shocks in this.
467 years ago, 8.30 lakh people died in the earthquake that occurred in China. The most deadly earthquake occurred in China in 1556, in which 8.30 lakh people died. The most dangerous earthquake ever in terms of intensity occurred in Chile on May 22, 1960. Its intensity was 9.5 on the Richter scale. The tsunami caused by this caused terrible devastation in many countries including Southern Chile, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Philippines, Eastern New Zealand, South-East Australia. In this, 1655 people died, while 3000 people were injured.
