An earthquake with a
magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit 16 km away from Rohtak in Haryana at
9.08pm on Friday, said the National Center for Seismology, leading to tremors
in New Delhi and its adjoining areas.
Delhi has been jolted by a
series of tremors over the last month. A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude
2.2 hit the national capital on May 15, which was the fourth since April 12,
according to NCS.
On May 10, a
medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit the area near Wazirpur in
northeast Delhi.
Wazirpur and its nearby
areas were the epicentre of the earthquakes on April 12 and April 13, of
magnitude 3.5 and 2.7, respectively. There are five seismic zones. Delhi falls
in the fourth zone.
According to the Delhi
Disaster Management Authority, seismicity around Delhi appears to be associated
with a major geological structure known as the Delhi-Hardwar Ridge.
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