Indian 2001 earthquake
I didn’t remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet “earthquake” while the damn ground was shaking,” Omar Abdullah, tweeted. Following a major earthquake in 2004, there was a huge tsunami in the Indian Ocean, causing immense loss of life and property in India and the neighbouring countries Sri Lanka and Indonesia. “Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. It is now feared more than 2,000 people died and 5,500 are missing after the. Apart from Delhi-NCR, the quake was also felt across Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and even Rajasthan. Death toll rises to 2,000 after Indian earthquake. The earthquake was felt at around 10.30 PM. More reports are being collected but several users in Delhi-Noida-Ghaziabad-Chandigarh and other cities took to Twitter and reported how the earthquake lasted for several minutes. Also Read - LIVE England vs Australia Cricket Score T20 World Cup 2021 Today's Match Latest Updates: Unchanged England Opt to Bowl, Agar in For Australia However, the USGS said the epicentre of the earthquake was Tajikistan- M 5.9, 35 km W of Murghob. According to the NCS, the quake took place at 10.34 pm today.”Earthquake of Magnitude:6.1, Occurred on 12-02-2021, 22:34:40 IST, Lat: 31.57 & Long: 75.09, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 21km ESE of Amritsar, Punjab,” NCS tweeted.
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The tsunami struck after the magnitude 9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake occurred off the northwest coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, causing catastrophic levels.
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According to the National Center of Seismology, the earthquake’s intensity was measured 6.3 M on the Richter scale in Amritsar. Sometimes known as the Christmas or Boxing Day tsunami, the DecemIndian Ocean Tsunami is far from a distant memory, a decade after resulting in more than 200,000 casualities. New Delhi: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale shook several parts of Northern India including Punjab, Haryana, national capital Delhi and adjoining Noida and Ghaziabad.