An earthquake struck New Delhi Wednesday, shaking the city just hours after a deadly bomb exploded outside the high court. It was a minor quake for the earthquake-prone city, coming in at 4.3 magnitude, but for the already-nervous populace, it rattled already frayed nerves.
A bomb blast struck the capital’s high court complex in the morning, killing 11 people and injuring at least 76. The violence was claimed by a terrorist organization seeking an immediate end to the prison sentence of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri convicted for his role in a 2001 attack on India’s Parliament. At first, people reported on Twitter that the shake made them think a second round of violence had started. However, after the first shock wore off, people quickly turned to humor to downplay the scare.
The intensity was 4.2 and the epicentre was Sonepat," Shailesh Nayak, Secretary in Ministry of Earthsciences, 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.A report from Chandigarh said that tremors were felt in Panipat, Faridabad, Gurgaon among others towns of Haryana. People rushed out of their homes in Chandigarh and Sonepat. The tremor was felt very "sharp for some seconds" in Sonepat, witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports of any casualty, police said. Meanwhile, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan mentioned about the tremor on his Twitter page." The blast in Delhi in the morning and just now a 6.6 earthquake in Delhi.....just spoke to my daughter, it was horrifying but all safe," Bachchan said."Hearts and prayers for those who lost loved ones earlier today in the blast... and I do hope there has been no casualties
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