Uttarakhand saw a second 4.3-magnitude earthquake.
A second earthquake, this one of magnitude 4.3, hit Uttarakhand hours after a 6.2 earthquake in Nepal jolted regions of North India.
Ankush Pandey
A second earthquake of 4.3 magnitude that was reported in Uttarakhand occurred on Tuesday, hours after a 6.2 earthquake in Nepal shook areas of North India. The second earthquake's epicenter was again in Nepal, 200 km to the southeast of Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
The earthquake happened at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
This earthquake was the fifth in a string of six that struck Nepal over the course of three hours. According to the NCS, the initial 4.6-magnitude earthquake occurred at 2:25 PM, and the most recent 3.9-magnitude earthquake occurred at 5:23 PM. A short time later, at 2.51 pm, the magnitude 6.2 earthquake with the highest intensity occurred.
Several regions of North India, including Delhi and its environs, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, felt the effects of the 6.2 earthquake.
The likelihood of an earthquake that could originate near Pakistan was discussed in a post on X on Monday by Frank Hoogerbeets, a Dutch researcher who had forecast the terrible earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this year. In areas of and close to Pakistan, according to Hoogerbeets, a researcher with the Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS), atmospheric changes have been seen. He noted that this is "an indicator of an upcoming stronger tremor."
