Earthquake in Delhi-NCR Live: Strong earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR

There were disruptions in mobile services in some parts of the Jammu region immediately after the earthquake, an official said.

A senior seismologist said the reason why people in northwest India and Delhi felt the tremors for a relatively longer time is because the "depth of the fault was more than 150 km".

. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, at least five members of a family were injured after a roof of their house collapsed in Swabi, the report stated.

According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the epicentre of the earthquake was 133 km south-southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan with a focal depth of 156 km.

Strong tremors jolted parts of north India sending shock waves across Delhi-NCR at 10.17pm on Tuesday as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, at least two people were killed and six injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan, local media reported.

Many people in Jammu and Kashmir also rushed out from their homes after tremors were felt.

Delhi: An information was received that a building was tilted in Shakarpur area. Fire services personnel inspected the building, the building is found to be safe and sound and it didn't tilt. MCD officers & engineers were also called and checked the building: Rajender Kumar, SDM, Preet Vihar

Shubham, a guest house owner in Katra said very strong tremors of earthquake were felt and all the devotees rushed out. "With Maa Vaishno Devi's blessings, there was no loss of lives and they are returning to their hotels," he said

Calls regarding tilted buildings and cracks appearing in buildings were received from Jamia Nagar, Kalkaji and Shahdara areas. Fire services teams have been sent to these areas after which it will be ascertained as to what has happened exactly: Delhi Fire Services

Witnessed such strong tremors possubly for the first time in NCR region. The chandeliers and fans were shaking. Almost the whole society was down. People are still scared, a resident says.

Panicked people rush out of homes in Delhi

According to an automated report generated by the National Centre for Seismology, the 6.6 magnitude quake struck 133 km southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan.

Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.

People rush out of homes in J&K

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Tuesday.

Strong earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR

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