No loss of life or property damage has been reported following the light tremor recorded on Thursday evening.
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck Faridabad in Haryana at 6:33 pm on Thursday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor originated at a depth of 5 km, as reported by Urban Acres and the Hindustan Times.
The earthquake was not felt in Delhi, though the shaking startled residents in Faridabad who were preparing for Diwali. No casualties or structural damage have been reported following the event.
The epicentre was located at latitude 28.386° N and longitude 77.258° E. Faridabad is situated within Seismic Zone IV, which the Bureau of Indian Standards categorises as a high-damage-risk zone.
This follows a separate 3.1-magnitude tremor that occurred in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir at 11:56 pm on Monday. That earthquake also originated at a depth of 5 km, according to the NCS.
