India, March 17 -- Earthquakes of magnitudes 3.0 to 4.9 increased between 2020 and 2024 in comparison with 2015 to 2019, minister of state for earth sciences Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha.

On March 12, responding to a question by TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on whether earthquakes in India had risen during the period 2020-2024 in comparison to 2015-19, Singh said, "Earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 to 4.9 have increased from 2020 to 2024 compared to 2015-2019, indicating stress release and not allowing an accumulation of strain energy sufficiently for more number of earthquakes with magnitude beyond 5.0 and above, which are more or less similar in that during different durations."

Banerjee also asked for details of earthquakes reported dur...