Why Did Delhi Earthquake Tremors Feel So Severe When The Intensity Was Only 4? Watch Scary Videos

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Earthquake today in Delhi: People in Delhi-NCR woke up to strong tremors after an earthquake struck New Delhi on Monday. Several residents from Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, etc, took to social media and shared how the quake felt far stronger than past incidents.

Strong tremors caused by the Delhi earthquak , even when it was recorded with an intensity of 4 on the Richter scale, left Delhites wondering: 'Why did Delhi earthquake tremors feel so severe when the intensity was only 4?' The answer lies in the Delhi earthquake's location.

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Delhi earthquake tremors felt so severe even when the intensity was only 4 on Richter scale because the epicentre of today's earthquake was New Delhi .

The epicentre of the quake was in the Jheel Park area of Dhaula Kuan and there were some reports of people hearing a loud sound as the ground shook.

According to ANI, shallow earthquakes, originating five or 10 kilometres below the surface, cause more damage than those originating deep below the surface. Today's Delhi earthquake was recorded at a depth of 5 kilometres.

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In most cases, Delhi experiences tremors from earthquakes with epicentres in Northern Indian regions like Himachal, Jammu, and Kashmir . But this time, the epicentre was New Delhi, and the proximity of the epicentre resulted in strong tremors across Delhi-NCR .

Earthquake today in Delhi: Scary videos surface on X

Netizens reshared scary videos capturing the impact of strong tremors due to the Delhi earthquake today.

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