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A mild
earthquake (M3.0-3.9 termed as light) struck
Muzaffarnagar district in western Uttar Pradesh on 7 June 2010
at 22:42 PM local time. It had a magnitude of M?=3.0
and was widely felt in the district of Bagpat as well as several
neighbouring areas.
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The earthquake was centred
2 kms NW of Jaula (Uttar Pradesh), India,
7.4 kms WNW of Budhana (Uttar Pradesh), India,
14.5 kms SSW of Sisauli (Uttar Pradesh), India,
32.2 kms W of Khatauli (Uttar Pradesh), India,
34.3 kms SW of Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), India,
42.9 kms E of Panipat (Haryana), India,
43 kms NNE of Bagpat (Uttar Pradesh), India,
50 kms NNE of Sonepat (Haryana), India,
70 kms N of Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), India,
75.7 kms NNE of Connaught Place (Delhi),
India,
79.5 kms N of Noida (Uttar Pradesh),
India.
Strong tremors were
felt in Bagpat district. In Baghpat, loose objects and utensils
fell down while people who were asleep were woken up. Several
people ran outdoors and remained in the open for a while even
though the tremors had subsided. Tremors were also felt
strongly at Khekra though not as severely at Baraut. At
Kakkarkheda, an eyewitness felt dizzy during the earthquake but
didn't associate it with the tremor until hearing about it on the
news. Light tremors were felt in Ghaziabad, Meerut and Noida as
well as in parts of eastern Delhi such as Preet Vihar and Shahdara.
Oddly, there were no reports of the earthquake being felt in Muzaffarnagar district where
the India Meteorological Department located the event.
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References
01) India Meteorological Department (IMD),
Delhi, India.
02)
Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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