Earthquake of 7.2 magnitude in Xinjiang, China; tremors felt in NCR
An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred on the China-Kyrgyzstan border at 11.39 pm on Monday (January 22). The epicenter of the earthquake in southern Xinjiang was 22 km below the ground. According to news agency Reuters, many buildings have collapsed in the earthquake and many people have been injured. At the same time, according to China’s Global Times, 120 houses were completely destroyed by the earthquake.
40 aftershocks have also been recorded after the earthquake. The maximum impact of the earthquake was felt in Urumqi, Korla, Kashgar, Yining. China’s Xinjiang Railway Department says that they have had to stop the operation of 27 trains.
Teams of 200 rescue workers have been sent to rescue people stranded at various places. The effect of the earthquake in China was also seen in India. People felt the tremors of the earthquake for a long time in Delhi-NCR, 1400 kilometers away. Panicked people came out of their homes and reached open areas.
Before this, on January 11, a strong earthquake had occurred in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan at 2:20 pm. Due to this, tremors were felt from Islamabad, Rawalpindi in Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, Jaipur to Delhi-NCR in India.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the intensity of the earthquake was measured at 6.1. Its center was about 220 kilometers below the ground in Hindukush.
