Small magnitude-2.8 tremor reported 6 km southwest of Faridabad, India

A magnitude-2.8 earthquake near Faridabad, Haryana, India, was reported only 30 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies monitoring seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 5. km beneath the epicenter early Thursday evening, November 5th, 2026, at 6:03 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which listed the quake at magnitude 2.9. A third agency, India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), reported the same quake at magnitude 2.9.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Bhati (pop. 18,900), located 6 km from the epicenter, and Faridabad (pop. 1,414,100), 6 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pul Pehlad (pop. 69,700), located 13 km from the epicenter; Taj Pul (pop. 68,800), 13 km away; Deoli (pop. 169,100), 13 km away; Molarband (pop. 91,400), 14 km away; and Jaitpur (pop. 59,300), 15 km away. In Gurugram (pop. 886,500, 24 km away), New Delhi (pop. 317,800, 26 km away), and Delhi (pop. 11,034,600, 30 km away), the quake was probably not felt.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Nov 5, 2026 06:33 pm (Kolkata time) local time (5 Nov 2026 13:03 GMT)
Magnitude: 2.8
Hypocenter depth: 5.00 km
Epicenter coordinates: 28.39°N / 77.26°E (Faridabad District, Haryana, India)
Primary data source: EMSC
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