The earthquake occurred at 1.12 am on Saturday, August 20. The depth of the earthquake was 82 km below the ground.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the north-northeast of Lucknow in the early hours of Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed, an ANI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
The earthquake occurred at 1.12 am on Saturday. The depth of the earthquake was 82 km below the ground.
“Earthquake of magnitude: 5.2 occurred on 20-08-2022, 01:12:47 IST, Lat: 28.07 and Long: 81.25, Depth: 82 Km, Location: 139 km NNE of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,” tweeted the National Center for Seismology.
The National Centre for Seismology in a tweet said the city’s north-northeast area witnessed the most impact. There is no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property so f
Several people living in high rise buildings in the Uttar Pradesh state capital felt the tremor and came out of their houses. Many of them were awake due to Janmashtami rituals when they felt the tremor.
Sitaram Tandon, a resident of Prag Narain Road felt the tremor and ran out of the building with his family.
“My bed was shaking and everyone in the family felt the tremor,” said Gaurav, a software engineer. “While sleeping I felt my bed was shaking and then woke up,” said Deepak Agarwal, a businessman.
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Earlier on Friday, mild tremors were felt in the Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand, which was hit by an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale. The earthquake occurred at 12:55 pm.
“Earthquake of Magnitude: 3.6, Occurred on 19-08-2022, 12:55:55 IST, Lat: 29.96 & Long: 80.12, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 43km NNW of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand,” the NCS tweeted.
Another earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on the Richter Scale hit South-Southwest of Jammu and Kashmir’s Hanley village, the NCS said.
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