Don’t panic, prepare! Delhi earthquakes remind citizens of risk

By Alka Tripathy-Lang

June 22, 2020

On April 12, 2020, just over two weeks into India’s lockdown forced by the spread of COVID-19, denizens of New Delhi were startled by the unfamiliar rocking of a small magnitude-3.5 earthquake. Delhi usually pulses with movement as the city’s dense population mills about, but these background vibrations were largely absent when the earthquake struck on a Sunday afternoon. Coupled with the fact that this earthquake ruptured a mere 5 miles (8 kilometers) below the surface, many people reported feeling the quake’s waves to various organizations that track earthquakes, such as the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

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