New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Delhi on Sunday, a third in less than a month, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
The epicentre of the quake was near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi, J L Gautam, Head (Operations) at the NCS, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
The same location and nearby areas were the epicentre of the earthquakes on April 12 and 13 of magnitude 3.5 and 2.7, respectively.
As per the information, there were no immediate reports of loss of life or property.
This is the third earthquake in the national capital, amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, in less than a month. Delhi had witnessed two back-to-back incidents of low-intensity earthquakes in April.
On April 12, an earthquake of mild intensity of magnitude 3.5 was felt in Delhi and NCR region. The very next day, another low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.7, had hit Delhi with its epicentre near Wazirpur, occurred at 1.26 pm at a shallow depth of 5 km.
As per reports, of the five seismic zones, Delhi falls under the fourth zone.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 had hit the national capital in 2004. Another quake of magnitude 3.4 was recorded in the city in 2001, according to official data.
The major quakes recorded near the national capital were at Bulandshahr of magnitude 6.7 on October 10,1956, and at Mordabad of magnitude 5.8 on August 15, 1966. Both are in western Uttar Pradesh.
With inputs from PTI
