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Strong earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR, epicentre in Uttarakhand

The tremors were also felt across other areas in northern India, including Uttaranchal, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

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People evacuated their buildings in Dehradun

BS Web Team New Delhi
Strong tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening as a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Uttarakhand at 8:49 pm, according to India Meteorological Department's National Seismological Centre

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the quake originated 121 km east of Dehradun in Uttarakhand. It estimated the epicentre between Kedarnath hill shrine and the town of Pipalkoti in Uttarakhand. 


M5.0 #earthquake (#भूकंप) strikes 84 km NE of #Tehri (#India) 19 min ago. Updated map of its effects: pic.twitter.com/nRbNX7mh3L
— EMSC (@LastQuake) December

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