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A light (M4.0-M4.9
range termed as "light") earthquake was
felt in the Delhi Metropolitan area as well as in adjoining parts
of the states of Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh on the morning of 26 November 2007
at 04:42 AM IST. It had a magnitude of Mb=4.7 and was felt in Delhi causing widespread panic as well as
some minor damage in the region. The red
star denotes the
revised NEIC-PDE
epicentre while the purple
star shows the IMD epicentre.
This earthquake was centred (NEIC red star)
7.6 kms SW of Chanakyapuri (Delhi), India,
11.2 kms SSE of Paschim Vihar-Punjabi Bagh (Delhi), India,
13.4 kms SW of Connaught Place (Delhi), India,
13.7 kms
SSW of Karol Bagh (Delhi), India,
14.1 kms NE of Gurgaon (Haryana), India,
20.4 kms SW of Shahdara (Delhi), India,
25.9 kms NW of Faridabad (Haryana), India,
32.1 kms WSW of Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), India,
64.4 kms SE of Rohtak (Haryana), India,
75 kms SW of Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Tremors from this
earthquake were felt strongly throughout the NCR and in parts
of the adjoining states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for 15-20
seconds. If
you felt this earthquake
please let us know.
People were woken up the tremor in many parts of Delhi
including at Ashok Vihar, Bhajanpura, Chanakyapuri,
Civil Lines, Dilshad
Gardens, Dwarka, Gautamnagar, Gole Market, Indirapuram, Jiya Serai, JNU,
Katwaria Serai, Lajvanti Gardens, Lajpatnagar,
Lakshmi Nagar, Lodhi Colony, Malviya Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Mehrauli, Moti Bagh, Munrika, Ohkla, Palam, Paschim Vihar,
Patel Nagar, Rajouri Gardens Rohini, Sarita Vihar, South Extension,
Vasant Enclave, Vasant Kunj and
Vasundhara Enclave. There was no effect on the Delhi Metro that
was not running at the time of the earthquake.
Tremors were also strongly felt in eastern Haryana. Buildings
developed cracks at Balore while strong tremors were felt at
Bahadurgarh, Charkhi Dadri, Jind, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar,
Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonepat. Window panes were broken at
Rewari while it was widely felt in Gurgaon including at DFL,
Jaikampuri, Miyawali Colony, Old Railway Road, Omnagar, Patel,
Malibu Town, Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, Sadr Bazaar, Shivajinagar, Sector
2, Sector 5 and Sector 14. Power supply was also disrupted in
Gurgaon temporarily. In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, minor damage
was reported to buildings at Bagpat, Badaut, Meerut and Noida.
Some buildings developed cracks in Sectors 32 and 71 in Noida. In
Ghaziabad, people ran outdoors in panic while in Meerut, parked
cars were seen shaking. Tremors were also felt at Bulandshahr,
Faridabad, Govardhan and Mathura. Tremors were also experienced in
adjacent parts of Rajasthan including at Alwar, Chirawa, Jaipur,
Jhunjhunu, Kaman, Sikar and Sikri Patti. In Jaipur, it was felt in
several parts of the city including at Amera, Jawaharnagar, M.D.
Road and Shriji Ki Mori.
This is one of the
strongest earthquakes in the Delhi region since 2001 and the
biggest since 1960. It is also the strongest earthquake to
originate within or in the immediate vicinity of a city with a
population over one million since the Mw=5.8 Jabalpur earthquake
in 1997. Prior to this latest
earthquake, the strongest local earthquakes to have originated
within the Delhi metropolitan area since the 1960 Gurgaon earthquake was a Mb=4.3 earthquake in the
Dwarka-Najafgarh area on 28 April 2001 that caused minor damage &
widespread panic. The strongest known
earthquakes in the Delhi region include the M6.0 Khurja-Bulandshahr earthquake on 10 October 1956, the M6.0 Gurgaon
earthquake on 27 August 1960 and the Mb=5.6 Moradabad earthquake
on 15 August 1966. Historically, the 15 July 1720 earthquake in
the Delhi region caused the greatest damage in the city causing
many deaths and widespread damage including knocking down large
parts of the Shaharepanah (city wall) in Old Delhi from Kabuli
Gate to Lal Darwaza and the battlements of the Fatehpuri Masjid.
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