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Massive earthquakes in North India
Posted on: 25/Apr/2015 12:46:41 PM
In the capital city Delhi people were seen running out of their houses after buildings shook for well over a minute. Massive tremors lasting well over a minute were felt across northern India after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal this morning.
JL Gautam, Head Operations Seismology of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said, "Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred today at 11.41 AM between latitude 28.1 North and Longitude 84.6 East. The epicenter was located in Nepal.”
Tremors were also felt in Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh and other cities.
Nearly half an hour after the first tremors, aftershocks were felt again around 12:20 pm across North India.
