Earthquake terror amidst COVID?

According to sources, there were tremors felt by the residents of Jammu and Kashmir early Saturday (5/1/22). Sources state that the epicenter of the earthquake was Afghanistan-Tajikistan but the tremors were felt in the areas of Delhi NCR region as well. On the Richter scale, the magnitude was 5.7, according to the National Seismology Centre. The exact time of the earthquake is informed as 9:45 am.

Up until now, there are no damages to any property or any casualties that have been reported. However, the residents of Jammu and Kashmir claim that there has been some damage to their shrine at Charar-e-sharif. There have been no official comments made regarding the above claim.

Sources have also made it known that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji had called up for a meet with Manoj Sinha Ji to enquire about the condition after the tremors were felt.

Adding on, we have also come to know by the sources that there was a 3.1 magnitude earth quake that had taken place in Gujarat (Kutch district) on Friday between 10 am to 11 am. Again, no casualties or damage to property were reported. The epicenter of this earthquake was reported to be Rapar village.

Sources further say that Kutch is located in a very high seismic risk zone and had experienced a terrible, devastating earthquake in 2001. The earth quake that took place on Friday this week was recorded at a depth of 19.1 km, said the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), based in Gandhinagar.

Updated by Urvi Ramchandani