Earthquake In Delhi: Strong Tremor Of 6.6 Magnitude Felt In Several Parts Of The City; Fire Department Receives Call About Tilted Buildings-READ BELOW!
Fire department officials said they did not find any evidence of a tilted building on reaching Shakarpur
Strong tremors were felt in parts of North India on Tuesday evening, and people across the city rushed out of their homes and onto the streets. Shortly after which Delhi Fire Services received calls from Southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar and East Delhi’s Shakarpur about buildings tilting due to the earthquake. Three fire tenders were rushed to the areas and no casualties have been reported so far.
Fire department officials said they did not find any evidence of a tilted building on reaching Shakarpur.
Delhi falls in the ‘High Damage Risk Zone IV’ on the seismic map.
As per the National Centre for Seismology, the epicentre of the earthquake, which was of a magnitude of 6.6, was 133 kilometres from Fayzabad in Afghanistan at a depth of 156 kilometres, reported Indian Express.
Many people shared videos on social media of fans swaying and furniture in homes rattling after the tremors in Delhi lasted several seconds.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “Strong tremors of the earthquake were felt across Delhi NCR. Hope you all are safe.”
Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj also took to Twitter and said, “Huge earthquake. In our Delhi Secretariat building, my chair was shaking for 30 seconds.”
The chairperson of DDMA, called for retrofitting of all schools, hospitals, police stations, other critical government offices and vulnerable buildings, especially in the ‘Special Area’ and Old Delhi localities, according to the Earthquake Resilient Building Code.
He also flagged that since Delhi’s housing pattern is not in accordance with building codes it makes the residents vulnerable and that the approaches of many colonies are extremely narrow making movement of people and vehicles almost impossible.
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