New Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of north India on Friday night, including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana, officials said.
The tremors, which lasted a few seconds, occurred around 9:45 pm. There were no immediate reports of any damage.
An official in J-K said the quake was of 5.9 magnitude.
The epicentre of the quake was Afghanistan at a Latitude of 36.398 degrees North and a Longitude of 70.878 degrees East, the official said.
The depth of the quake was 150 km, he added.
“I felt a strong jolt which lasted for a few seconds,” Baldev Chand, a Chandigarh resident who lives in a flat on the second floor, said.
Ajay Kumar, who lives on the 11th floor of a residential building in Zirakpur, Punjab, said, “The tremors lasted for a few seconds. We thought of rushing down but the tremors stopped soon.”
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Pakistan Friday night, with its epicentre located in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region. The epicentre was located in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region at latitude 36.48°N and longitude 70.84°E.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the country on Feb 20, while a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit its Balochistan province on Feb 13.
The quake was preceded on the same day by another tremor of magnitude 3.8.
The worst quake the country suffered was in 2005, which killed about 74,000 people.