Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and its adjoining areas at 5:36 am today after a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck the national capital.
The National Centre for Seismology, the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring earthquake activity in the country, said in an update that tremors were felt across north India, with Delhi as the epicentre. The quake’s depth was just 5 km.
EQ of M: 4.0, On: 17/02/2025 05:36:55 IST, Lat: 28.59 N, Long: 77.16 E, Depth: 5 Km, Location: New Delhi, Delhi.
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The epicentre was near Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education in Dhaula Kuan, an official told the news agency PTI.
That region, which has a lake nearby, has been experiencing smaller, low-magnitude quakes once every two to three years. It recorded an earthquake of 3.3 magnitude in 2015, he said.
The official also added that a loud sound was heard when the earthquake hit Delhi.
Acting Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said a “strong earthquake just hit” Delhi and prayed that everyone was safe.
दिल्ली में अभी एक ज़ोर का भूकंप आया। भगवान से प्रार्थना करती हूँ कि सब सुरक्षित होंगे। https://t.co/rOU2x0Odtk
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) February 17, 2025
So far, there have been no reports of injuries or casualties.
“Everything Was Shaking”: Residents On Delhi Earthquake
A vendor at the New Delhi Railway Station said that “everything was shaking”.
“Customers started screaming,” he told the news agency ANI.
#WATCH | An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 jolts the national capital and surrounding areas | At New Delhi railway station, a vendor Anish says, “Everything was shaking…customers started screaming…” pic.twitter.com/cSgt2BZaS5
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2025
A passenger waiting for his train at the station said it felt like a train was “running here underground”.
A resident of Ghaziabad said the tremors were “so strong” and that he had “never felt like this before”.
“The entire building was shaking,” he said.
Why Delhi Is At High Risk Of Earthquakes
Delhi is prone to earthquakes as it is located in a high seismic zone (zone IV) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) seismic zonation map.
On January 23, strong tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Xinjiang at a depth of 80 kilometres.
Two weeks before that, mild tremors were last felt in Delhi and nearby areas on January 11 after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan.