August 30, 2026 02:17 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

Environment

VHP breaks silence on Durga Puja ‘guidelines’: No blanket non-veg ban, clarifies stand on theme pandals amid backlash | No non-veg near pandals, no ‘distorted’ idols: VHP’s Durga Puja guidelines spark Bengal debate | ‘Either they will stay, or we will’: Suvendu Adhikari's warning to Jadavpur students over 'Azadi' slogans | 'Inaccurate reports': Penguin India denies dropping Sonia Gandhi memoir | ‘Clean my shoes’: Greater Noida woman detained after alleged abuse, assault of security guards | 21-year-old model stabbed to death in Delhi; gym trainer arrested after encounter | Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien, other TMC leaders booked after Camac Street clash with Kolkata Police | Kanpur plane crash: Training aircraft crashes near Ganges, two pilots killed | Big IT boost for Bengal: LTM opens global delivery & AI centre in Kolkata's New Town | 21-year-old Delhi model found stabbed at Delhi home, gym trainer accused of killing her

4.0 earthquake hits Uttar Pradesh, tremors felt in Delhi

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 20, 2019, at 09:35 am

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter Scale hit Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh as tremors of it were felt in New Delhi on Wednesday, officials said.

As per the India Meteorological Department website, the quake hit at a depth of 6 kms.

The quake it the area at around 7. 59 am.

The epicentre was located at latitude 28.9 degrees north and longitude 77.3 degrees east, as per IMD website.

No casualty has been reported so far.

People in Delhi experienced early tremors and many of them posted their reaction on the social media.

One Saumya Bansal tweeted: "Woke up to an #Earthquake in Delhi. It was pretty intense!"

Woke up to an #Earthquake in Delhi. It was pretty intense!
— Saumya Bansal (@saumyabansal5) February 20, 2019

Another Twitter user Manan said: "Felt the most strongest earthquake in my life in Panipat, Harayana. My bed was vibrating for a couple of minute.
#Earthquake."

Felt the most strongest earthquake in my life in Panipat, Harayana. My bed was vibrating for a couple of minute.#Earthquake
— Manan Miglani (@manan_miglani) February 20, 2019

# Earthquake # UttarPradesh UttarPradeshEarthquake #DelhiTremor #Baghpat

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.