In the last 24 hours, about 6 times from Assam to Pakistan, the earth moved from earthquake tremors. An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude occurred in Nepal on Friday night. Its shocks were felt till Bihar and Assam. People came out of their homes. The earthquake occurred at 2:36 pm Indian time. Earthquake tremors were felt in Pakistan at 5:14 am. Let’s know where the earthquake occurred in the last 24 hours?
Center in Nepal… Jerk from Patna to Darjeeling
According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, the intensity of the earthquake in Nepal was 5.5 on the Richter scale. It was a center at Bhairavakunda in Sindhupalachak district, about 65 km before the capital Kathmandu. However, there is no news of any casualties or losses so far. But the shocks were very fast. People came out of their homes. Earthquake tremors in Nepal were felt till Patna, Sikkim and Darjeeling. Apart from this, the earth is a doli till Tibet.
Earthquake in Pakistan
The second earthquake occurred in Pakistan at 5:14 am on Friday morning. Its intensity on the Richter scale measured 4.5. The epicenter of the earthquake was near Barkhan, Pakistan. There was an earthquake in Pakistan on 16 February. However, there is no news of any kind of damage here yet.
Earthquake also came here
27 Earthquakes occurred in Myanmar, Tibet, Tajikistan and Assam. In Morigaon, Assam, at 2:25 pm, people woke up with a sharp tremors. Its shocks were felt till Odisha and West Bengal. The intensity on the Richter scale measured 5.0.
On February 27, at 6:27 am, the earthquake in Tajikistan caused earthquake. Its intensity on the Richter scale was 4.3. There is no news of any kind of damage here.
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Tibet at 2:48 pm on February 27. A few hours later, at 5:10 pm, people felt earthquake tremors in Myanmar. The intensity on the Richter scale was 3.2.
Why is the danger of earthquake more in Nepal?
A few days ago, there was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Delhi. But its shocks were quite powerful. Delhi falls in active seismic region. Nepal is also one of the most active seismic regions in the world. There is always a danger of earthquake here.
The Indian tectonic plate in Nepal is picking up the Eurasian plate at a rate of about 5 cm annually. Due to this, the Himalayas are also rising up and heavy tension is arising under the Earth’s surface. It becomes an earthquake when this stress occurs more than the capacity of the rocks. In 2015, a devastating earthquake occurred in Nepal. More than 9,000 people died in this earthquake of 7.8 magnitude. More than 1 million buildings were damaged.
