Several areas in Bihar were jolted by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck near the Tibet-Nepal border, on Tuesday morning. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake measured a magnitude of 7.1 while China recorded the magnitude as 6.

As a powerful earthquake struck Tibet, killing 95 people on Tuesday (January 7), tremors were felt as far as Delhi and Bihar. But why is it that India’s capital frequently experiences seismic activity?

Several places in Bihar were jolted by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck near the Tibet-Nepal border on Tuesday morning, an official said. The quake with its epicentre 93 km northeast of Lobuche,