The tremors were felt in Patna and other cities in Bihar after a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck around 9.23pm on Monday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the site was 20 km northwest of Nalanda in Bihar and 166 km northwest of Giridih in Jharkhand, while the epicenter was at a depth of 5 km.
On Friday, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Tajikistan and caused strong tremors in northern India, including Delhi. The epicenter was located 35 km west of the city of Murghab in Tajikistan, less than 500 km from Srinagar.
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