Strong tremors jolt Delhi-NCR, other parts of north India

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Strong tremors jolted large swathes of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan..

The epicentre of the earthquake was 133 km south-southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said...

A powerful earthquake of 6.8-magnitude jolted parts of Pakistan on Tuesday night, the country's meteorologicial department said, sparking panic and forcing residents to flee homes...

People in northern India first felt the primary waves and then were impacted by the secondary waves, he said.. There was disruption in mobile services in some parts of the Jammu region immediately after the earthquake, an official said.. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or property...

We rushed outside our home. Thankfully, we are on the ground floor, so in such situations, we have an easy escape," she said.. Ghaziabad-resident Inderjeet Kaur said, "We felt the tremors for nearly 30 seconds and rushed out of our home."..

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