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Quake jolts Delhi, Chandigarh And Adjoining Towns
Publish Date:Sep 8, 2011
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An earthquake of medium intensity jolted Delhi and its satellite towns late Wednesday night, pulling panic-stricken people out of their homes. A report from Chandigarh said that tremors were also felt in Panipat, Faridabad, Gurgaon among others towns of Haryana. People rushed out of their homes in Chandigarh and Sonepat.
The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Sonepat in Haryana state as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns of Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon in Haryana at 11:28 pm. The tremors were felt for less than ten seconds. "The intensity was 4.2 and the epicentre was Sonepat," Shailesh Nayak, Secretary in Ministry of Earth Sciences, and IMD Director General Ajit Tyagi, told.
The quake sent shivers among residents who ran out of the high-rise buildings. There were no immediate reports of any casualty. The fire brigade and police said they have not received any immediate calls of casualty or damage.
http://www.teluguone.com/news/content/delhi-earthquake-20-6359.html
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