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Quake jolts Delhi, adjoining towns

An earthquake of medium intensity, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, jolted Delhi and its satellite towns late Wednesday night, pulling panic-stricken people out of their homes.

Updated on: Sep 8, 2011, 04:10:48 IST
PTI | By , New Delhi
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An earthquake of medium intensity jolted Delhi and its satellite towns late tonight, pulling panic-stricken people out of their homes.

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The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns of Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon in Haryana at 11:28 pm.

The tremors were felt for less than ten seconds.

"The intensity was 4.2 and the epicentre was Sonepat," Shailesh Nayak, Secretary in Ministry of Earth Sciences, and IMD Director General Ajit Tyagi, told PTI.

The quake sent shivers among citizens who ran out of the high-rise buildings.

There were no immediate reports of any casualty.

The fire brigade and police said they have not received any immediate calls of casualty or damage.

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