India News | Earthquake of Magnitude 3 Strikes Khargone in Madhya Pradesh
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An earthquake of magnitude three struck the Khargone area of Madhya Pradesh early Sunday afternoon, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
Khargone (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude three struck the Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
According to NCS, the epicentre of the earthquake was located in the Khargone area at a depth of 5 kilometres around 12:15 pm.
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"EQ of M: 3.0, On: 18/10/2026 12:15:23 IST, Lat: 21.483 N, Long: 75.953 E, Depth: 5 Km, Location: Khargone, Madhya Pradesh," NCS said in a post on platform X.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/2111712997907583366
Further details regarding the impact of the earthquake are awaited.
A day earlier, an earthquake struck Shimla in Himachal Pradesh in the early hours of Saturday, with tremors recorded at 4:36 AM, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
The magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded at Latitude 31.298 N, Longitude 77.529 E, at a Depth of 10 kilometres.
Earlier on October 6, earthquake tremors were felt across the Delhi-NCR region, with the epicentre of the quake located in Uttarakhand, according to the NCS. (ANI)
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