Tremors were felt in parts of Delhi-NCR and nearby regions, Jammu and Kashmir and on the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan late Saturday evening at around 9:30pm after 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan.
The Hindustan Times quoting earthquake.usgs.gov reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was reported to be Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan.
The tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri, Srinagar, Gulmarg as well as in the Katra region, the base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, and in cities of Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and others.
Residents reportedly rushed out of their homes in panic following the tremor.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 36.38 degrees north on the latitude and 70.77 degrees east on the longitude in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan, the National Centre for Seismology said.
However, no damages or casualties have been reported so far.
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