Delhi's land shook because of this, not plate tectonics', know what the director of the National Seismology Center said.
O.P. Mishra said that the epicenterepicenter of Monday's earthquake was at a depth of five kilometers in the Lake Park of Dhaula Kuan, due to which its impact was felt more.
The earthquake that struck the national capital on monday (February 17, 2025) was the result of a naturally occurring change in geological features and not caused by plate tectonics. The director of the National Seismology Center, O.P. Mishra has said this.
The epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of five kilometers in the Lake Park area of Dhaula Kuan and there are reports of some people hearing loud noises after the earthquake. O.P. Mishra said that an earthquake of 4.6 magnitude had hit the Dhaula Kuan area in 2007. However, its impact was not as intense as Monday's earthquake because its epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers.
O.P. Mishra said, 'The epicenter of the earthquake that struck on monday was in Dhaula Kuan's Jheel Park and was of 4 magnitude. It was at a depth of 5 km, that is why its impact was felt more.' From the seismological point of view, earthquakes have occurred in this area before and this is not a new area.
O. P. Mishra said, 'Earlier, an earthquake of 4.6 magnitude had occurred within a radius of six kilometers, but its epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers. This is the difference. This was not an earthquake caused by plate tectonics, it was caused by naturally occurring changes in geological features.'
Delhi is placed in seismic zone 4, the second most hazardous zone in the country. The National capital Region is considered a moderate to high-risk seismic activity zone due to Himalayan earthquakes. Examples of this are the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Garhwal in the Himalayan region in 1803, the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Uttarkashi in 1991, the 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Chamoli in 1999, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Gorkha in 2015, and some moderate earthquakes in the Hindukush region.
Earthquakes in the vicinity include the 6.5 magnitude earthquake in delhi in 1720, the 5 magnitude earthquake in mathura in 1842, the 6.7 magnitude earthquake in bulandshahr in 1956, and the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Moradabad in 1966.
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