On Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Iwate and Aomori prefectures in northern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency informed.
‘The epicentre was northern coastal part of Iwate Prefecture’, according to Japan’s Meteorological Centre. The agency further reported that a tsunami warning had not been issued. The tremors were felt at 00:59 am (IST).
Moreover, there were no reports of damage.
‘On Monday an earthquake of magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale struck Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti’ informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
According to the Seismology centre, ‘the tremors were felt at 10:37 pm IST while the depth of this seismic activity was measured at 5 km’. NCS further informed that the latitude and longitude of the earthquake were measured to be 32.73 and 76.61, respectively.
Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 01-04-2024, 22:37:01 IST, Lat: 32.73 & Long: 76.61, Depth: 5 Km ,Location: Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India for more information Download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/rLFRmO3ZGE@Indiametdept @ndmaindia @KirenRijiju… pic.twitter.com/yzZMkptBSA
— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) April 1, 2024
The National Center for Seismology in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) stated “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 01-04-2024, 22:37:01 IST, Lat: 32.73 & Long: 76.61, Depth: 5 Km, Location: Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India.”
‘An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale struck Maharashtra’s Hingoli on March 21 as the tremors were felt at 6:08 am’, as per the reports of the National Center for Seismology.
The National Center for Seismology, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) tweeted, “ Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.5, Occurred on 21-03-2024, 06:08:30 IST, Lat: 19.48 & Long: 77.30, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Hingoli, Maharashtra India.”
Another earthquake struck the region on the same day few minutes later. This seismic activity was recorded by the Seismology Centre. The tremors of 3.6 magnitude on the Richter scale were felt at 6:19 am in the Hingoli region of Maharashtra.
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