Reported quake or seismic-like event: 15 km south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sep 12, 2021 at 11:05 pm (GMT +5:30)

12 Sep 17:41 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 6 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 12, 2021 17:35:41 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Sep 12, 2021 at 11:05 pm (GMT +5:30)
Status	uncertain, preliminary
Magnitude	unknown (3.8?)
Depth	20.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	28.5055°N / 77.19253°E (South Delhi, Delhi, India)
Antipode	28.506°S / 102.807°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	6 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) W of Deoli (pop: 120,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) SSW of New Delhi (pop: 317,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) NW of Faridabad (Haryana) (pop: 1,220,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) WSW of Noida (Uttar Pradesh) (pop: 293,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) SSW of Delhi (pop: 10,928,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) ENE of Gurgaon (Haryana) (pop: 197,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) SSE of Nangloi (pop: 194,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Najafgarh (pop: 1,365,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Mist 26.2°C (79 F), humidity: 100%, wind: 0 m/s (0 kts)
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Deoli (8.3 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

FARIDABAD / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : Weak shaking

Rewari / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s

new delhi / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 2-5 s

gurgoan (19.6 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : hardly shaking for 3 second

New DELHI (11.3 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : Shake laterally

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