4.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Siliguri
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n earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck 140 kilometres southwest of Siliguri in the wee hours of Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) informed in a tweet.
The NCS said the earthquake occurred at 535 am IST on Wednesday. According to National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.
The official media handle of the National Centre for Seismology took to Twitter and said "Earthquake of Magnitude4.3, Occurred on 12-04-2023, 053510 IST, Lat 25.98 and Long 87.26, Depth 10 Km, Location 140 km SW of Siliguri, West Bengal".
Earlier on April 9 earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Ritcher scale occurred at a depth of 10 km, Nicobar Island on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
The earthquake occurred at around 401 pm.
✔️ 4.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Siliguri
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