In the early hours of Friday, three back-to-back earthquakes struck Jaipur in Rajasthan within a 30-minute period. Around 4.10 am, the pink city experienced its first earthquake, measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, which compelled residents to flee their homes. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reports that at around 4.10 am, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale struck Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. It was then followed by two other earthquakes, with respective magnitudes of 3.1 and 3.4.
The second one of 3.1 magnitude hit the Rajasthan capital at 4.22 am, and the third one of 3.4 magnitude struck at 4.25 am.
“Earthquake of Magnitude:4.4, Occurred on 21-07-2023, 04:09:38 IST, Lat: 26.88 & Long: 75.70, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India,” the NCS said in a tweet.
According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.
No reports of casualties or damages are known yet.
Residents felt the tremors as the first earthquake hit Jaipur in the early hours of Friday, forcing them to come out of their houses.