N India rocked by 5.7 quake, no reports of casualties

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) A "moderate" intensity earthquake
measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre at the
Indo-Nepal border region shook North India Monday evening but
there was no immediate report of any loss of life or property.
Indian Meteorological Department officials here in the
Indian capital and in northern city Chandigarh said the 5.7
magnitude earthquake struck at 5.02 PM and was of "moderate"
intensity. However, the US Geological Survey Department put
the magnitude at 5.4 in its website.
"The quake was epicentred at Indo-Nepal border," the
the officials said, adding, "there will be no aftershocks."
"We are keeping our fingers crossed," they said.
Police and fire brigade said there was no report of any
casualty or damage immediately in the national Capital.
The officials said tremors were felt for three seconds
amid reports that people at several places came out in the
open with the recent massive quake in Japan weighing in their
minds.
Besides Delhi, tremors were also felt in quake prone
Uttarakhand state and in the Union territory of Chandigarh.
The earthquake jolted Dehra Dun, Nainital and
other parts of the hill state of Uttarakhand, according to
preliminary reports.
The US Geological survey said the epicentre was 130 km
from Haldwani in Uttarakhand and 363 km from New Delhi. The
depth of the quake was 4.3 km, it added.
Narora atomic power plant in Bulandsahar in Uttar
Pradesh is located in seismic Zone IV.