Residents throughout Delhi-NCR felt tremors on Friday after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Afghanistan. The epicentre of the earthquake was close to Darawan at 71.01 levels E and 36.52 levels N.
Tremors had been additionally felt in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, and Kargil. There have been no instant studies of casualties or property injury, and the vibrations had been described as gentle in nature.
EQ of M: 5.9, On: 03/04/2026 21:42:57 IST, Lat: 36.398 N, Lengthy: 70.878 E, Depth: 150 Km, Location: Afghanistan.
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This comes as Delhi-NCR witnessed mild rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and powerful winds after a mud storm swept by means of the nationwide capital, the India Meteorological Division stated on Friday.
The climate division has issued an orange alert for the south, central, and New Delhi areas, whereas a yellow alert stays in place for the southwest, west, and northeast areas. Thunderstorms and lightning are forecast for Saturday, with the utmost temperature anticipated to achieve 33 levels Celsius and the minimal round 20 levels Celsius.
That is the second time Delhi and neighbouring areas have skilled tremors this 12 months. The primary occurred in January when a gentle earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale struck New Delhi on a Monday morning, inflicting temporary tremors throughout components of the nationwide capital.
In response to the Nationwide Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at round 8.44 am, with its epicentre positioned in North Delhi at a shallow depth of 5 kilometres.
