The Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh was shaken today by a small earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale. According to the National Center for Seismology says, 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, at around 2.35 pm on Monday.
It stated that the earthquake was 10 km below the surface of the earth. The National Centre for Seismology tweeted, “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.2, Occurred on 14-11-2022, 14:35:46 IST, Lat: 24.57 & Long: 82.75, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 132km SE of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.”
The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported that earlier in the day, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 shook Amritsar, Punjab. It also stated that the tremors began at 3:42 am. Around 8 pm on November 12, tremors from an earthquake in Nepal were felt in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).
The Richter scale indicated that the tremor in the neighboring country was greater than 5. Earlier, on November 9, Nepal was shaken by an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 that claimed the lives of at least six people, including children.
The NCS had said the earthquake occurred around 1.57 am and at a depth of 10 kms in Nepal. Tremors from that quake were also felt in the national capital and its surrounding areas.
On October 19, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred near Kathmandu. As per NCS, the earthquake occurred 53 kilometres east of Kathmandu around 2.52 pm. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground.
On July 31, an earthquake of magnitude 6 occurred 147 km east-south-east of Kathmandu at 8.13 am IST around Martim Birta of Khotang district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC). In 2015, a high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter struck central Nepal, between Kathmandu and Pokhara.
It was estimated to have killed 8,964 people and leaving close to 22,000 injured.