Rohtak, JNN. The tremors of the earthquake were again felt in Haryana today. The state has been hit by earthquake for the second consecutive day. Its intensity on the Richter scale is measured at 2.3. Its center was 15 kilometers east-south of Rohtak.
Earlier on Thursday, earthquake tremors were felt in the state. In most parts of the state including Rohtak, people felt tremors on Friday morning. Fearful of this, people came out of the houses. The earthquake was felt at 5.37 am.
The shaking of Afghanistan shakes the earth in Rohtak-Delhi-NCR
On the other hand, frequent earthquake tremors in Rohtak, Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region) have worried the scientists. For the past few days, there is a constant movement inside the ground. Let us know that on Thursday after 29 May, there was an earthquake in Rohtak. The earthquake has been measured again on 2.10 Richter scale on Thursday at four o’clock in the morning. After this earthquake shook.
Experts also believe that underground stirring or earthquake in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan directly affects Rohtak, Delhi and NCR. The Hindukush region is considered an important source for the earthquake that occurs here.
Saurabh Dhiman, District Project Officer (Rohtak-Jhajjar) of Disaster Management of District Revenue Department, has said that 12 districts including Rohtak in Haryana are considered as earthquake-prone. All these cities are included in zone four. The Mahendragarh-Dehradun sub-surface fault line is said to be responsible for the earthquake near these cities. Which is within a radius of 52 km from Delhi.
He informed that Zone-3 is considered to be the least affected area. Whereas Zone-2 has very low chance of earthquake. The District Project Officer says that it is believed that there are minor cracks inside the fault line. But their depth and the exact cause of cracks taking place at the right place are constantly being studied.
Earthquake of Rohtak shaken by earthquake 197 times in 51 years
District Project Officer Saurabh says that since May 1969, earthquake tremors have been recorded 197 times since May 1969. The earthquake struck 20 km from Rohtak. Out of these, earthquake tremors have been felt 35 times on three or more Richter scale. The study also revealed that more earthquake tremors were felt in the morning.
At the same time, the fault line is passing through Rohtak city and Sampla area. But only twice, there was an earthquake zone within one km of the city. Most of the time it happened that Rohtak got earthquake tremors within a radius of five km or 20 km.
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Year: Earthquake (Richter Scale)
1969: four
1990: four
1995: four
02 June 2017: 4.6
02 June 2017: 4.7
29 May 2020: 4.5
(Earthquake tremors exceeding four Richter scales.
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Understand this, the condition of cities in Haryana Zone-Two: Sirsa, some areas of Fatehabad, some areas of Hisar.
Zone-Three: Part of Mahendragarh, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Bhiwani, Hisar.
Zone-four: Rohtak, Mahendragarh, Panchkula, Karnal, Ambala, Sonipat, Panipat, Jhajjar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Mewat, Palwal.
