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Bosonic Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 01:18 PM
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits Delhi, NCR; epicentre: Sonepat
Edited on Wed Sep-07-11 01:45 PM by Bosonic
Source: CNN-IBN

New Delhi: An earthquake of medium intensity jolted New Delhi and NCR late on Wednesday night, pulling panic-stricken people out of their homes. The earthquake measured 4.2 on Richter scale according to the Meteorological Department.

"The intensity was 4.2 and the epicentre was Sonepat," Shailesh Nayak, Secretary in Ministry of Earth Sciences, and IMD Director General Ajit Tyagi, said.

The tremors were felt in Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Noida as well around 11:30 pm. Tremors were also felt in Kashmir Valley and Uttrakhand.

Read more: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/magnitude-66-quake-hits-new-delhi-ncr-region/182214-3.html



Initially miss-reported as a much more significant 6.6 quake...
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 01:35 PM
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1. it's 4.2, not 6.6
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friedgreentomatoes Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 01:48 PM
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2. OMG!
Right after the blasts outside Delhi High Court that killed atleast 11people? :cry:
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 02:19 PM
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3. AND BOMB in Delhi!
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 02:25 PM
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4. It's an east coast tweener!
:think:
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