Uttarakhand
Earthquake in Uttarkashi
- 08 May 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data, an earthquake of 2.6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
Key Points
- The epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 31.00 and Longitude 79.31, at a depth of 5 kilometres.
- National Center for Seismology (under the Ministry of Earth Sciences) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring of earthquake activity in the country.
- Currently, India has only 115 earthquake observatories.
- The most important aspect of the Earthquake Observatory is to be able to accurately predict the time of the earthquake.
