3.7-magnitude earthquake rattles Lucknow, epicenter located in Gonda
What's the story
An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale shook parts of Uttar Pradesh near Lucknow. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) confirmed that the epicenter was located in Gonda, at a depth of 10km. In related seismic activity, two other earthquakes were reported: one measuring 3.4 in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar and another measuring 4.4 in China's Xinjiang region.
Regional tremors
Earlier, a powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar
These tremors come on the heels of a powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar recently. The quake was felt as far away as Kolkata, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) confirmed that this earlier quake also occurred at a depth of 10km. According to EMSC data, it was centered around 110km east of Akyab in Myanmar.