On Sunday, Delhiites cooped inside their house amid the lockdown were in the for the shock of their lives after feeling tremors.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 with epicentre in Delhi shook the region, prompting panic-stricken people to rush out of their residences.
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the quake occurred at 5.45 pm.
Its epicentre was in NCT Delhi at the depth of 8 km.
There was no immediate report of any damage.
Strangely, this happened a day after PIB’s fact-checking bureau busted the claim that a high-scale earthquake was going to hit Delhi.
दावा: नासा के आकलन के अनुसार दिल्ली में एक ज़ोरदार भूकंप आने वाला है| #PIBFactCheck: वायरल किया जा रहा वीडियो 2018 में एक न्यूज़ चैनल द्वारा किए गए वास्तविकता विश्लेषण का है, जिसके अनुसार यह एक #FakeNews है|
नासा द्वारा इस प्रकार की कोई भविष्यवाणी नहीं की गई है| pic.twitter.com/bdtwCcxyeB
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 11, 2020
“According to NASA’s assessment, a strong earthquake is going to happen in Delhi. #PIBFactCheck: The video being viral is a reality analysis done by a news channel in 2018, according to which it is a #FakeNews. No such prediction has been made by NASA,” the tweet read.
Even nature doesn’t agree with Times Now claiming to do fact checks #earthquake https://t.co/qSN6lW7cqM
— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) April 12, 2020
Ok. But I think I did just feel an earthquake. https://t.co/oCdLhqFmoJ
— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) April 12, 2020
Hahahahahah Times Now itna kharab channel hai that even Earthquake decided to shame them https://t.co/peSvPn7Oyp
— Shubham (@imajokin) April 12, 2020
Are ye to saach ho gya @PIB_India https://t.co/byT0ZHS8g8
— Lucifer (@virendr92967738) April 12, 2020
Amusing coincidence. https://t.co/cyRJsnlSuA
— Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) April 12, 2020
Of course, it should be realised the Fact Check is factually correct in the sense that NASA neither predicted an earthquake nor was it a big one.